5786 Talos

Summary

5786 Talos is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5786 Talos is credited with the discovery of Robert H. McNaught^[3].
• 5786 Talos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5786 Talos's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 5786 Talos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[6].
• 5786 Talos's follows is recorded as 5785 Fulton^[7].
• 5786 Talos's followed by is recorded as (5787) 1992 FA1^[8].
• 5786 Talos's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[9].
• 5786 Talos's Commons category is recorded as 5786 Talos^[10].
• 5786 Talos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 5786 Talos's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 RC^[12].
• 5786 Talos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-09-03T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 5786 Talos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yh1s3^[14].
• 5786 Talos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005786^[15].
• 5786 Talos's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 5786 Talos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.8267'}^[17].
• 5786 Talos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.8267513'}^[18].
• 5786 Talos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.8268298169969169'}^[19].
• 5786 Talos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.1'}^[20].
• 5786 Talos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.15'}^[21].
• 5786 Talos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.235'}^[22].
• 5786 Talos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.22443'}^[23].
• 5786 Talos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.22311248953734'}^[24].
• 5786 Talos's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+1.12'}^[25].
• 5786 Talos's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+410.8145854355195'}^[26].
• 5786 Talos's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+23.6'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4] and near-Earth object^[5].

Why It Matters

5786 Talos ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]