48785 Pitter

Summary

48785 Pitter is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 48785 Pitter is credited with the discovery of Petr Pravec^[3].
• 48785 Pitter's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 48785 Pitter's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ondřejov Observatory^[5].
• Přemysl Pitter is named after 48785 Pitter^[6].
• 48785 Pitter's follows is recorded as (48784) 1997 SX^[7].
• 48785 Pitter's followed by is recorded as (48786) 1997 SH4^[8].
• 48785 Pitter's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 48785 Pitter's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 48785 Pitter's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 SA2^[11].
• 48785 Pitter's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-09-23T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 48785 Pitter's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7__v^[13].
• 48785 Pitter's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20048785^[14].
• 48785 Pitter's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 48785 Pitter's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[16].
• 48785 Pitter's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1152550193559616'}^[17].
• 48785 Pitter's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}^[18].
• 48785 Pitter's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.25'}^[19].
• 48785 Pitter's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.7'}^[20].
• 48785 Pitter's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.738275370043126'}^[21].
• 48785 Pitter's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1881.040121637466'}^[22].
• 48785 Pitter's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.3'}^[23].
• 48785 Pitter's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.2680820826042'}^[24].
• 48785 Pitter's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.982174745285076'}^[25].
• 48785 Pitter's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.325885353275767'}^[26].
• 48785 Pitter's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.638464137294384'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

48785 Pitter's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Přemysl Pitter is named after 48785 Pitter^[6].

Why It Matters

48785 Pitter ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]