68 Leto

Summary

68 Leto is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 68 Leto is credited with the discovery of Robert Luther^[3].
• 68 Leto's image is recorded as 68Leto (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 68 Leto's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 68 Leto's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory^[6].
• Leto is named after 68 Leto^[7].
• 68 Leto's follows is recorded as 67 Asia^[8].
• 68 Leto's followed by is recorded as 69 Hesperia^[9].
• 68 Leto's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 68 Leto's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Leto symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 68 Leto's Commons category is recorded as 68 Leto^[12].
• 68 Leto's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 68 Leto's provisional designation is recorded as A861 HB^[14].
• 68 Leto's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1861-04-29T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 68 Leto's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/036x8t^[16].
• 68 Leto's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000068^[17].
• 68 Leto's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[18].
• 68 Leto's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 68 Leto's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1843409443466936'}^[20].
• 68 Leto's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.56'}^[21].
• 68 Leto's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+6.9'}^[22].
• 68 Leto's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.972'}^[23].
• 68 Leto's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.960518536605414'}^[24].
• 68 Leto's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1695.557119746002'}^[25].
• 68 Leto's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+14.848'}^[26].
• 68 Leto's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+44.04862869710109'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

68 Leto's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Leto is named after 68 Leto^[7].

Why It Matters

68 Leto ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]