5254 Ulysses

Summary

5254 Ulysses is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5254 Ulysses is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 5254 Ulysses's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5254 Ulysses's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haute-Provence Observatory^[5].
• Odysseus is named after 5254 Ulysses^[6].
• 5254 Ulysses's follows is recorded as 5253 Fredclifford^[7].
• 5254 Ulysses's followed by is recorded as Q155165^[8].
• 5254 Ulysses's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[9].
• 5254 Ulysses's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[10].
• 5254 Ulysses's Commons category is recorded as 5254 Ulysses^[11].
• 5254 Ulysses's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 5254 Ulysses's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 VG1^[13].
• 5254 Ulysses's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 FN^[14].
• 5254 Ulysses's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1986-11-07T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 5254 Ulysses's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yhk75^[16].
• 5254 Ulysses's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005254^[17].
• 5254 Ulysses's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 5254 Ulysses's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1227'}^[19].
• 5254 Ulysses's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1215059'}^[20].
• 5254 Ulysses's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1212091098285718'}^[21].
• 5254 Ulysses's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[22].
• 5254 Ulysses's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.2'}^[23].
• 5254 Ulysses's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.18'}^[24].
• 5254 Ulysses's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.19428'}^[25].
• 5254 Ulysses's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.20016631013599'}^[26].
• 5254 Ulysses's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+11.97'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5254 Ulysses's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Odysseus is named after 5254 Ulysses^[6].

Why It Matters

5254 Ulysses ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]