Apollo asteroid

family of Earth-crossing asteroids that have an orbital semi-major axis greater than that of the Earth (a > 1 AU) but a perihelion distance less than the Earth's aphelion distance (q < 1.017 AU)
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Apollo asteroid

Summary

Apollo asteroid is an asteroid family[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of asteroid_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (192 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Apollo asteroid is credited with the discovery of Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth[3].
  • Apollo asteroid's image is recorded as Minor Planets - Apollo.svg[4].
  • Apollo asteroid's instance of is recorded as asteroid family[5].
  • 1862 Apollo is named after Apollo asteroid[6].
  • Apollo asteroid's subclass of is recorded as Earth-crossing asteroid[7].
  • Apollo asteroid's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1930-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Apollo asteroid's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Apollo asteroids[9].
  • Apollo asteroid's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0004527[10].
  • Apollo asteroid's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Apollo-asteroid[11].
  • Apollo asteroid's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1224z7bk[12].
  • Apollo asteroid's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Apollo-asteroider[13].
  • Apollo asteroid's Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID is recorded as 58[14].
  • Apollo asteroid's Hrvatska enciklopedija ID is recorded as 68586[15].
  • Apollo asteroid's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as earth-and-planetary-sciences/apollo-asteroids[16].
  • Apollo asteroid's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as objectes-apollo[17].
  • Apollo asteroid's SpaceReference.org celestial object ID is recorded as category/apollo-class-asteroids[18].

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Works and Contributions

Apollo asteroid is credited with the discovery of Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth[3].

Why It Matters

Apollo asteroid ranks in the top 3% of asteroid_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (192 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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