65803 Didymos

Summary

65803 Didymos is a binary asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 65803 Didymos is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 65803 Didymos is credited with the discovery of Joseph L. Montani^[4].
• 65803 Didymos's image is recorded as Didymos-Arecibo-radar-images.png^[5].
• 65803 Didymos's image is recorded as Didymos-Dimorphos true orientation.png^[6].
• 65803 Didymos's instance of is recorded as binary asteroid^[7].
• 65803 Didymos's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[8].
• 65803 Didymos's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[9].
• 65803 Didymos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[10].
• twin is named after 65803 Didymos^[11].
• 65803 Didymos's follows is recorded as (65802) 1996 BA3^[12].
• 65803 Didymos's followed by is recorded as (65804) 1996 HT6^[13].
• 65803 Didymos's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[14].
• 65803 Didymos's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[15].
• 65803 Didymos's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Didymos symbol (fixed width).svg^[16].
• 65803 Didymos's Commons category is recorded as 65803 Didymos^[17].
• 65803 Didymos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[18].
• 65803 Didymos's child astronomical body is recorded as Dimorphos^[19].
• 65803 Didymos's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 GT^[20].
• 65803 Didymos's catalog code is recorded as 65803^[21].
• 65803 Didymos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-04-11T00:00:00Z^[22].
• 65803 Didymos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1fl0^[23].
• 65803 Didymos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20065803^[24].
• 65803 Didymos's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[25].
• 65803 Didymos's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[26].
• 65803 Didymos's significant event is recorded as discovery^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Spacewatch^[3], an astronomical survey^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1980^[30] and Joseph L. Montani^[4], an astronomer^[31], b. 1952^[32], of United States^[33].

Why It Matters

65803 Didymos has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]