9694 Lycomedes

Summary

9694 Lycomedes is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 9694 Lycomedes is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 9694 Lycomedes is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 9694 Lycomedes is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 9694 Lycomedes's image is recorded as 009694-asteroid shape model (9694) Lycomedes.png^[6].
• 9694 Lycomedes's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[7].
• 9694 Lycomedes's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• Lycomedes is named after 9694 Lycomedes^[9].
• 9694 Lycomedes's follows is recorded as 9693 Bleeker^[10].
• 9694 Lycomedes's followed by is recorded as 9695 Johnheise^[11].
• 9694 Lycomedes's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[12].
• 9694 Lycomedes's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[13].
• 9694 Lycomedes's Commons category is recorded as 9694 Lycomedes^[14].
• 9694 Lycomedes's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[15].
• 9694 Lycomedes's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 DY1^[16].
• 9694 Lycomedes's provisional designation is recorded as 6581 P-L^[17].
• 9694 Lycomedes's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-26T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 9694 Lycomedes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y77p6^[19].
• 9694 Lycomedes's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009694^[20].
• 9694 Lycomedes's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 9694 Lycomedes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.034'}^[22].
• 9694 Lycomedes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0374557'}^[23].
• 9694 Lycomedes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03520540887016721'}^[24].
• 9694 Lycomedes's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[25].
• 9694 Lycomedes's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.7'}^[26].
• 9694 Lycomedes's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.78'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

9694 Lycomedes's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[7].

History and Context

Lycomedes is named after 9694 Lycomedes^[9].

Why It Matters

9694 Lycomedes ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]