65489 Ceto

Summary

65489 Ceto is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 65489 Ceto is credited with the discovery of Chadwick Trujillo^[3].
• 65489 Ceto is credited with the discovery of Michael E. Brown^[4].
• 65489 Ceto is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking^[5].
• 65489 Ceto's image is recorded as Ceto-phorcys hst.jpg^[6].
• 65489 Ceto's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[7].
• 65489 Ceto's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[8].
• 65489 Ceto's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[9].
• Ceto is named after 65489 Ceto^[10].
• 65489 Ceto's follows is recorded as (65488) 2003 DT8^[11].
• 65489 Ceto's followed by is recorded as (65490) 2062 P-L^[12].
• 65489 Ceto's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[13].
• 65489 Ceto's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Ceto symbol (fixed width).svg^[14].
• 65489 Ceto's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Ceto symbol (Centaur font).svg^[15].
• 65489 Ceto's Commons category is recorded as 65489 Ceto^[16].
• 65489 Ceto's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[17].
• 65489 Ceto's child astronomical body is recorded as Phorcys^[18].
• 65489 Ceto's provisional designation is recorded as 2003 FX128^[19].
• 65489 Ceto's orbit diagram is recorded as 65489 Ceto.tiff^[20].
• 65489 Ceto's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2003-03-22T00:00:00Z^[21].
• 65489 Ceto's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y15pm^[22].
• 65489 Ceto's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20065489^[23].
• 65489 Ceto's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.8237519039620511'}^[24].
• 65489 Ceto's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+6.47'}^[25].
• 65489 Ceto's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+22.29563852387934'}^[26].
• 65489 Ceto's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+111.5'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[7] and trans-Neptunian object^[8].

History and Context

Ceto is named after 65489 Ceto^[10].

Why It Matters

65489 Ceto ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]