52228 Protos

Summary

52228 Protos is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 52228 Protos is credited with the discovery of Lutz D. Schmadel^[3].
• 52228 Protos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 52228 Protos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[5].
• 52228 Protos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• 52228 Protos's follows is recorded as (52227) 1975 SM1^[7].
• 52228 Protos's followed by is recorded as (52229) 1978 NN^[8].
• 52228 Protos's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 52228 Protos's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[10].
• 52228 Protos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 52228 Protos's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 RN^[12].
• 52228 Protos's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 SK109^[13].
• 52228 Protos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-09-05T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 52228 Protos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y81y0^[15].
• 52228 Protos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20052228^[16].
• 52228 Protos's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 52228 Protos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[18].
• 52228 Protos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1259483621775309'}^[19].
• 52228 Protos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.6'}^[20].
• 52228 Protos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+27.9'}^[21].
• 52228 Protos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+27.89553326274592'}^[22].
• 52228 Protos's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2097.096186471421'}^[23].
• 52228 Protos's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+48.2'}^[24].
• 52228 Protos's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+48.13743636569614'}^[25].
• 52228 Protos's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.206367386188225'}^[26].
• 52228 Protos's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.610204107018082'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

52228 Protos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

52228 Protos has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]