5335 Damocles

Summary

5335 Damocles is a Damocloid asteroid^[1]. It draws 22 Wikipedia views per month (damocloid_asteroid category, ranking #2 of 6).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5335 Damocles is credited with the discovery of Robert H. McNaught^[3].
• 5335 Damocles's instance of is recorded as Damocloid asteroid^[4].
• 5335 Damocles's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• Damocles is named after 5335 Damocles^[6].
• 5335 Damocles's follows is recorded as 5334 Mishima^[7].
• 5335 Damocles's followed by is recorded as 5336 Kley^[8].
• 5335 Damocles's minor planet group is recorded as centaur^[9].
• 5335 Damocles's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Damocles symbol.svg^[10].
• 5335 Damocles's Commons category is recorded as 5335 Damocles^[11].
• 5335 Damocles's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 5335 Damocles's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 DA^[13].
• 5335 Damocles's orbit diagram is recorded as (5335) Damocles Orbit.svg^[14].
• 5335 Damocles's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-02-18T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 5335 Damocles's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09chfk^[16].
• 5335 Damocles's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005335^[17].
• 5335 Damocles's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 5335 Damocles's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.867'}^[19].
• 5335 Damocles's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.8663989'}^[20].
• 5335 Damocles's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.8660242806257754'}^[21].
• 5335 Damocles's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+26.56'}^[22].
• 5335 Damocles's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.3'}^[23].
• 5335 Damocles's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.23'}^[24].
• 5335 Damocles's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+61.68564'}^[25].
• 5335 Damocles's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+61.73218654064019'}^[26].
• 5335 Damocles's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+40.69'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5335 Damocles's instance of is recorded as Damocloid asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Damocles is named after 5335 Damocles^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for 5335 Damocles include Damocloid asteroid^[28].

Why It Matters

5335 Damocles draws 22 Wikipedia views per month (damocloid_asteroid category, ranking #2 of 6).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]

Entities named for it include Damocloid asteroid^[28].