55576 Amycus

Summary

55576 Amycus is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 55576 Amycus is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking^[3].
• 55576 Amycus's image is recorded as 55576 Amycus.tiff^[4].
• 55576 Amycus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 55576 Amycus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• Amycus is named after 55576 Amycus^[7].
• 55576 Amycus's follows is recorded as (55575) 2002 DC16^[8].
• 55576 Amycus's followed by is recorded as (55577) 2002 GY94^[9].
• 55576 Amycus's minor planet group is recorded as centaur^[10].
• 55576 Amycus's minor planet group is recorded as 3:4-resonant trans-Neptunian object^[11].
• 55576 Amycus's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Amycus symbol.svg^[12].
• 55576 Amycus's Commons category is recorded as 55576 Amycus^[13].
• 55576 Amycus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 55576 Amycus's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 GB10^[15].
• 55576 Amycus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-04-08T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 55576 Amycus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0rpz^[17].
• 55576 Amycus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20055576^[18].
• 55576 Amycus's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 55576 Amycus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.931'}^[20].
• 55576 Amycus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3924550916950412'}^[21].
• 55576 Amycus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.8'}^[22].
• 55576 Amycus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.5'}^[23].
• 55576 Amycus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.55'}^[24].
• 55576 Amycus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.36891786759012'}^[25].
• 55576 Amycus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+45487.16479634953'}^[26].
• 55576 Amycus's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+9.76'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

55576 Amycus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Amycus is named after 55576 Amycus^[7].

Why It Matters

55576 Amycus ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]