5145 Pholus

Summary

5145 Pholus is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month, #33 of 4,107).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5145 Pholus is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 5145 Pholus's image is recorded as Pholus SDSS 2003-04-28 annotated.png^[4].
• 5145 Pholus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 5145 Pholus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[6].
• Pholus is named after 5145 Pholus^[7].
• 5145 Pholus's follows is recorded as 5144 Achates^[8].
• 5145 Pholus's followed by is recorded as 5146 Moiwa^[9].
• 5145 Pholus's minor planet group is recorded as centaur^[10].
• 5145 Pholus's minor planet group is recorded as distant minor planet^[11].
• 5145 Pholus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2018000906^[12].
• 5145 Pholus's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Pholus symbol.svg^[13].
• 5145 Pholus's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Pholus symbol (Greek).svg^[14].
• 5145 Pholus's Commons category is recorded as 5145 Pholus^[15].
• 5145 Pholus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[16].
• 5145 Pholus's Unicode character is recorded as ⯛^[17].
• 5145 Pholus's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 AD^[18].
• 5145 Pholus's orbit diagram is recorded as 5145 Pholus.tiff^[19].
• 5145 Pholus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-01-09T00:00:00Z^[20].
• 5145 Pholus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01757p^[21].
• 5145 Pholus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005145^[22].
• 5145 Pholus's asteroid spectral type is recorded as Z-type asteroid^[23].
• 5145 Pholus's significant event is recorded as naming^[24].
• 5145 Pholus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.574'}^[25].
• 5145 Pholus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5695319'}^[26].
• 5145 Pholus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.574744804002886'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5145 Pholus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Pholus is named after 5145 Pholus^[7].

Why It Matters

5145 Pholus ranks in the top 0.8% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month, #33 of 4,107).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]