55701 Ukalegon

Summary

55701 Ukalegon is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 55701 Ukalegon is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 55701 Ukalegon is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 55701 Ukalegon is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 55701 Ukalegon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 55701 Ukalegon's instance of is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[7].
• 55701 Ukalegon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• 55701 Ukalegon's follows is recorded as (55700) 1092 T-3^[9].
• 55701 Ukalegon's followed by is recorded as Q662977^[10].
• 55701 Ukalegon's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[11].
• 55701 Ukalegon's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid^[12].
• 55701 Ukalegon's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 55701 Ukalegon's provisional designation is recorded as 1193 T-3^[14].
• 55701 Ukalegon's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 RY98^[15].
• 55701 Ukalegon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-17T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 55701 Ukalegon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yhjqw^[17].
• 55701 Ukalegon's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20055701^[18].
• 55701 Ukalegon's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 55701 Ukalegon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.139'}^[20].
• 55701 Ukalegon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1408370749148211'}^[21].
• 55701 Ukalegon's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun^[22].
• 55701 Ukalegon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.6'}^[23].
• 55701 Ukalegon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.64'}^[24].
• 55701 Ukalegon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21'}^[25].
• 55701 Ukalegon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+20.95715745497393'}^[26].
• 55701 Ukalegon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+4288.520146437738'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[6] and Jupiter trojan^[7].

Why It Matters

55701 Ukalegon ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]