617 Patroclus

Summary

617 Patroclus is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.41% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (82 views/month, #17 of 4,107).^[2]

Key Facts

• 617 Patroclus is credited with the discovery of August Kopff^[3].
• 617 Patroclus's image is recorded as 617 Patroclus Hubble.jpg^[4].
• 617 Patroclus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 617 Patroclus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[6].
• Patroclus is named after 617 Patroclus^[7].
• 617 Patroclus's follows is recorded as 616 Elly^[8].
• 617 Patroclus's followed by is recorded as 618 Elfriede^[9].
• 617 Patroclus's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[10].
• 617 Patroclus's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid^[11].
• 617 Patroclus's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Patroclus symbol (fixed width).svg^[12].
• 617 Patroclus's Commons category is recorded as 617 Patroclus^[13].
• 617 Patroclus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 617 Patroclus's child astronomical body is recorded as Menoetius^[15].
• 617 Patroclus's provisional designation is recorded as 1906 VY^[16].
• 617 Patroclus's provisional designation is recorded as 1941 XC^[17].
• 617 Patroclus's provisional designation is recorded as 1962 NB^[18].
• 617 Patroclus's provisional designation is recorded as A906 UL^[19].
• 617 Patroclus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1906-10-17T00:00:00Z^[20].
• 617 Patroclus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07_93_^[21].
• 617 Patroclus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000617^[22].
• 617 Patroclus's asteroid spectral type is recorded as P-type asteroid^[23].
• 617 Patroclus's significant event is recorded as naming^[24].
• 617 Patroclus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1393786588467509'}^[25].
• 617 Patroclus's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun^[26].
• 617 Patroclus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Patroclus-asteroid^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

617 Patroclus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Patroclus is named after 617 Patroclus^[7].

Why It Matters

617 Patroclus ranks in the top 0.41% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (82 views/month, #17 of 4,107).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]