5011 Ptah

Summary

5011 Ptah is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #32 of 147).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5011 Ptah is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 5011 Ptah is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 5011 Ptah is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 5011 Ptah's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[6].
• 5011 Ptah's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[7].
• 5011 Ptah's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[8].
• 5011 Ptah's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[9].
• Ptah is named after 5011 Ptah^[10].
• 5011 Ptah's follows is recorded as 5010 Amenemhêt^[11].
• 5011 Ptah's followed by is recorded as Q154947^[12].
• 5011 Ptah's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[13].
• 5011 Ptah's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 5011 Ptah's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 TF2^[15].
• 5011 Ptah's provisional designation is recorded as 6743 P-L^[16].
• 5011 Ptah's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 5011 Ptah's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0267qzd^[18].
• 5011 Ptah's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005011^[19].
• 5011 Ptah's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 5011 Ptah's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.500'}^[21].
• 5011 Ptah's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4999526'}^[22].
• 5011 Ptah's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5002366483901397'}^[23].
• 5011 Ptah's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.4'}^[24].
• 5011 Ptah's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.66'}^[25].
• 5011 Ptah's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.425'}^[26].
• 5011 Ptah's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.40685'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid^[6], near-Earth object^[7], and near-Earth asteroid^[8].

History and Context

Ptah is named after 5011 Ptah^[10].

Why It Matters

5011 Ptah draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #32 of 147).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]