82 Alkmene

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 82 Alkmene is credited with the discovery of Robert Luther^[3].
• 82 Alkmene's image is recorded as 82Alkmene (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 82 Alkmene's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 82 Alkmene's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory^[6].
• Alkmene is named after 82 Alkmene^[7].
• 82 Alkmene's follows is recorded as 81 Terpsichore^[8].
• 82 Alkmene's followed by is recorded as Q109927^[9].
• 82 Alkmene's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 82 Alkmene's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Alkmene symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 82 Alkmene's Commons category is recorded as 82 Alkmene^[12].
• 82 Alkmene's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 82 Alkmene's provisional designation is recorded as 1952 BB^[14].
• 82 Alkmene's provisional designation is recorded as 1963 OA^[15].
• 82 Alkmene's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 GO^[16].
• 82 Alkmene's provisional designation is recorded as A864 WA^[17].
• 82 Alkmene's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1864-11-27T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 82 Alkmene's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0370d8^[19].
• 82 Alkmene's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000082^[20].
• 82 Alkmene's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[21].
• 82 Alkmene's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 82 Alkmene's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2211033980030315'}^[23].
• 82 Alkmene's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• 82 Alkmene's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.26'}^[25].
• 82 Alkmene's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.8286'}^[26].
• 82 Alkmene's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.825140384912738'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

82 Alkmene's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Alkmene is named after 82 Alkmene^[7].

Why It Matters

82 Alkmene ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]