85585 Mjolnir

Summary

85585 Mjolnir is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #35 of 147).^[2]

Key Facts

• 85585 Mjolnir is credited with the discovery of Roy A. Tucker^[3].
• 85585 Mjolnir's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[4].
• 85585 Mjolnir's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 85585 Mjolnir's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[6].
• 85585 Mjolnir's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Goodricke-Pigott Observatory^[7].
• Mjölnir is named after 85585 Mjolnir^[8].
• 85585 Mjolnir's follows is recorded as (85584) 1998 EN20^[9].
• 85585 Mjolnir's followed by is recorded as (85586) 1998 FP8^[10].
• 85585 Mjolnir's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[11].
• 85585 Mjolnir's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 85585 Mjolnir's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 FG2^[13].
• 85585 Mjolnir's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-03-21T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 85585 Mjolnir's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0l6_^[15].
• 85585 Mjolnir's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20085585^[16].
• 85585 Mjolnir's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 85585 Mjolnir's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3562'}^[18].
• 85585 Mjolnir's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3563321604078069'}^[19].
• 85585 Mjolnir's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+21.64'}^[20].
• 85585 Mjolnir's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.083'}^[21].
• 85585 Mjolnir's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.082477403460627'}^[22].
• 85585 Mjolnir's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+539.8624974073364'}^[23].
• 85585 Mjolnir's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+11.6'}^[24].
• 85585 Mjolnir's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.366'}^[25].
• 85585 Mjolnir's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.296057973857247'}^[26].
• 85585 Mjolnir's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.297547170667756'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid^[4], near-Earth object^[5], and near-Earth asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Mjölnir is named after 85585 Mjolnir^[8].

Why It Matters

85585 Mjolnir draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #35 of 147).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]