5258 Rhoeo

Summary

5258 Rhoeo is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5258 Rhoeo is credited with the discovery of Yoshiaki Oshima^[3].
• 5258 Rhoeo's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5258 Rhoeo's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Gekko Observatory^[5].
• Rhoeo is named after 5258 Rhoeo^[6].
• 5258 Rhoeo's follows is recorded as 5257 Laogonus^[7].
• 5258 Rhoeo's followed by is recorded as 5259 Epeigeus^[8].
• 5258 Rhoeo's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[9].
• 5258 Rhoeo's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[10].
• 5258 Rhoeo's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 5258 Rhoeo's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 AU1^[12].
• 5258 Rhoeo's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-01-01T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 5258 Rhoeo's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0brz__b^[14].
• 5258 Rhoeo's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005258^[15].
• 5258 Rhoeo's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 5258 Rhoeo's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0752'}^[17].
• 5258 Rhoeo's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0752275'}^[18].
• 5258 Rhoeo's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07654028837104315'}^[19].
• 5258 Rhoeo's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[20].
• 5258 Rhoeo's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.2'}^[21].
• 5258 Rhoeo's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.3'}^[22].
• 5258 Rhoeo's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.35'}^[23].
• 5258 Rhoeo's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.91788'}^[24].
• 5258 Rhoeo's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.930119163010071'}^[25].
• 5258 Rhoeo's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+11.78'}^[26].
• 5258 Rhoeo's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+4260.549411338007'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5258 Rhoeo's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Rhoeo is named after 5258 Rhoeo^[6].

Why It Matters

5258 Rhoeo ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]