5120 Bitias

Summary

5120 Bitias is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5120 Bitias is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 5120 Bitias's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5120 Bitias's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Meanings of minor planet names: 5001–6000 is named after 5120 Bitias^[6].
• 5120 Bitias's follows is recorded as 5119 Imbrius^[7].
• 5120 Bitias's followed by is recorded as Q155020^[8].
• 5120 Bitias's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[9].
• 5120 Bitias's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid^[10].
• 5120 Bitias's Commons category is recorded as 5120 Bitias^[11].
• 5120 Bitias's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 5120 Bitias's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 TZ1^[13].
• 5120 Bitias's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-10-13T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 5120 Bitias's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0_xp^[15].
• 5120 Bitias's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005120^[16].
• 5120 Bitias's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 5120 Bitias's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[18].
• 5120 Bitias's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1105256'}^[19].
• 5120 Bitias's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1108273882087799'}^[20].
• 5120 Bitias's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun^[21].
• 5120 Bitias's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.2'}^[22].
• 5120 Bitias's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.37'}^[23].
• 5120 Bitias's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.989'}^[24].
• 5120 Bitias's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.99948'}^[25].
• 5120 Bitias's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+25.01363706670612'}^[26].
• 5120 Bitias's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+12.12'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5120 Bitias's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Meanings of minor planet names: 5001–6000 is named after 5120 Bitias^[6].

Why It Matters

5120 Bitias ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]