624 Hektor

Summary

624 Hektor is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.29% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month, #12 of 4,107).^[2]

Key Facts

• 624 Hektor is credited with the discovery of August Kopff^[3].
• 624 Hektor's image is recorded as 624Hektor-LB1-mag15.jpg^[4].
• 624 Hektor's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 624 Hektor's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[6].
• Hector is named after 624 Hektor^[7].
• 624 Hektor's follows is recorded as 623 Chimaera^[8].
• 624 Hektor's followed by is recorded as 625 Xenia^[9].
• 624 Hektor's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[10].
• 624 Hektor's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[11].
• 624 Hektor's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Hektor symbol (fixed width).svg^[12].
• 624 Hektor's Commons category is recorded as 624 Hektor^[13].
• 624 Hektor's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 624 Hektor's child astronomical body is recorded as Skamandrios^[15].
• 624 Hektor's provisional designation is recorded as 1907 XM^[16].
• 624 Hektor's provisional designation is recorded as 1948 VD^[17].
• 624 Hektor's provisional designation is recorded as A907 CF^[18].
• 624 Hektor's orbit diagram is recorded as AnimatedOrbitOf624Hektor.gif^[19].
• 624 Hektor's orbit diagram is recorded as Орбита астероида 624 (наклон).png^[20].
• 624 Hektor's orbit diagram is recorded as Орбита астероида 624.png^[21].
• 624 Hektor's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1907-02-10T00:00:00Z^[22].
• 624 Hektor's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/024pn_^[23].
• 624 Hektor's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000624^[24].
• 624 Hektor's asteroid spectral type is recorded as D-type asteroid^[25].
• 624 Hektor's significant event is recorded as naming^[26].
• 624 Hektor's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.02428641659120509'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

624 Hektor's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Hector is named after 624 Hektor^[7].

Why It Matters

624 Hektor ranks in the top 0.29% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month, #12 of 4,107).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]