85 Io

Summary

85 Io is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 85 Io is credited with the discovery of Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters^[3].
• 85 Io's image is recorded as 85Io (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 85 Io's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 85 Io's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Litchfield Observatory^[6].
• Io is named after 85 Io^[7].
• 85 Io's follows is recorded as 84 Klio^[8].
• 85 Io's followed by is recorded as 86 Semele^[9].
• 85 Io's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 85 Io's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Io asteroid symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 85 Io's Commons category is recorded as 85 Io^[12].
• 85 Io's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 85 Io's provisional designation is recorded as A899 LA^[14].
• 85 Io's provisional designation is recorded as A899 UA^[15].
• 85 Io's provisional designation is recorded as A865 SA^[16].
• 85 Io's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1865-09-19T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 85 Io's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0370jv^[18].
• 85 Io's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000085^[19].
• 85 Io's asteroid spectral type is recorded as F-type asteroid^[20].
• 85 Io's asteroid spectral type is recorded as B-type asteroid^[21].
• 85 Io's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 85 Io's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.193085426222074'}^[23].
• 85 Io's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.53'}^[24].
• 85 Io's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.94'}^[25].
• 85 Io's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.967'}^[26].
• 85 Io's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.96082525837599'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

85 Io's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Io is named after 85 Io^[7].

Why It Matters

85 Io ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 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]