5285 Krethon

Summary

5285 Krethon is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5285 Krethon is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 5285 Krethon is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 5285 Krethon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 5285 Krethon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• 5285 Krethon's follows is recorded as 5284 Orsilocus^[7].
• 5285 Krethon's followed by is recorded as 5286 Haruomukai^[8].
• 5285 Krethon's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[9].
• 5285 Krethon's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[10].
• 5285 Krethon's Commons category is recorded as 5285 Krethon^[11].
• 5285 Krethon's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 5285 Krethon's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 EO11^[13].
• 5285 Krethon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-03-09T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 5285 Krethon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y63gc^[15].
• 5285 Krethon's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005285^[16].
• 5285 Krethon's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 5285 Krethon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.049'}^[18].
• 5285 Krethon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0491969'}^[19].
• 5285 Krethon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05050227663911338'}^[20].
• 5285 Krethon's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[21].
• 5285 Krethon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.1'}^[22].
• 5285 Krethon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.12'}^[23].
• 5285 Krethon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+25.16008'}^[24].
• 5285 Krethon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+25.13133476935683'}^[25].
• 5285 Krethon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+11.78'}^[26].
• 5285 Krethon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+4330.907308817423'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5285 Krethon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

5285 Krethon 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 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]