588 Achilles

Summary

588 Achilles is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 588 Achilles is credited with the discovery of Max Wolf^[3].
• 588 Achilles's image is recorded as Orbita aquiles.jpg^[4].
• 588 Achilles's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 588 Achilles's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[6].
• Achilles is named after 588 Achilles^[7].
• 588 Achilles's follows is recorded as Q155698^[8].
• 588 Achilles's followed by is recorded as Q155708^[9].
• 588 Achilles's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[10].
• 588 Achilles's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[11].
• 588 Achilles's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Achilles symbol (fixed width).svg^[12].
• 588 Achilles's Commons category is recorded as 588 Achilles^[13].
• 588 Achilles's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 588 Achilles's provisional designation is recorded as 1906 TG^[15].
• 588 Achilles's provisional designation is recorded as A906 DN^[16].
• 588 Achilles's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1906-02-22T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 588 Achilles's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0d3l8^[18].
• 588 Achilles's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000588^[19].
• 588 Achilles's asteroid spectral type is recorded as D-type asteroid^[20].
• 588 Achilles's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 588 Achilles's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1483066515188765'}^[22].
• 588 Achilles's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[23].
• 588 Achilles's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Achilles-asteroid^[24].
• 588 Achilles's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.22'}^[25].
• 588 Achilles's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.324'}^[26].
• 588 Achilles's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.31547479937147'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

588 Achilles's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Achilles is named after 588 Achilles^[7].

Why It Matters

588 Achilles ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]