96189 Pygmalion

Summary

96189 Pygmalion is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 96189 Pygmalion is credited with the discovery of Henri Debehogne^[3].
• 96189 Pygmalion's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 96189 Pygmalion's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 96189 Pygmalion's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[6].
• 96189 Pygmalion's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[7].
• 96189 Pygmalion's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[8].
• 96189 Pygmalion's follows is recorded as (96188) 1991 GC^[9].
• 96189 Pygmalion's followed by is recorded as (96190) 1991 PD19^[10].
• 96189 Pygmalion's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[11].
• 96189 Pygmalion's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 96189 Pygmalion's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 NT3^[13].
• 96189 Pygmalion's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-07-06T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 96189 Pygmalion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cm8g55^[15].
• 96189 Pygmalion's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20096189^[16].
• 96189 Pygmalion's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 96189 Pygmalion's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3073633'}^[18].
• 96189 Pygmalion's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.306959374696537'}^[19].
• 96189 Pygmalion's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+21'}^[20].
• 96189 Pygmalion's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.4'}^[21].
• 96189 Pygmalion's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.48'}^[22].
• 96189 Pygmalion's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.99588'}^[23].
• 96189 Pygmalion's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.00160078584311'}^[24].
• 96189 Pygmalion's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+897.174'}^[25].
• 96189 Pygmalion's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+897.298160543995'}^[26].
• 96189 Pygmalion's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+287.28013'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

96189 Pygmalion ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]