49036 Pelion

Summary

49036 Pelion is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 49036 Pelion is credited with the discovery of David J. Tholen^[3].
• 49036 Pelion is credited with the discovery of Robert J. Whiteley^[4].
• 49036 Pelion's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 49036 Pelion's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mauna Kea Observatories^[6].
• Pelion is named after 49036 Pelion^[7].
• 49036 Pelion's follows is recorded as (49035) 1998 QX106^[8].
• 49036 Pelion's followed by is recorded as (49037) 1998 QV107^[9].
• 49036 Pelion's minor planet group is recorded as centaur^[10].
• 49036 Pelion's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 49036 Pelion's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QM107^[12].
• 49036 Pelion's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-08-21T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 49036 Pelion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7yyv^[14].
• 49036 Pelion's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20049036^[15].
• 49036 Pelion's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 49036 Pelion's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1379753'}^[17].
• 49036 Pelion's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1320990870990255'}^[18].
• 49036 Pelion's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.4'}^[19].
• 49036 Pelion's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.38'}^[20].
• 49036 Pelion's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.3504'}^[21].
• 49036 Pelion's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.343276647295134'}^[22].
• 49036 Pelion's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+32794.4808157225'}^[23].
• 49036 Pelion's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+127.062'}^[24].
• 49036 Pelion's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+126.8872980091478'}^[25].
• 49036 Pelion's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+20.05094698023094'}^[26].
• 49036 Pelion's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+22.69965877179041'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

49036 Pelion's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Pelion is named after 49036 Pelion^[7].

Why It Matters

49036 Pelion ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]