Dimorphos
moon of asteroid 65803 Didymos
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Dimorphos
Summary
Dimorphos is a minor planet moon[1]. Dimorphos ranks in the top 10% of minor_planet_moon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (216 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Dimorphos is credited with the discovery of Petr Pravec[3].
- Dimorphos's image is recorded as Stacked image of Dimorphos true orientation.jpg[4].
- Dimorphos's instance of is recorded as minor planet moon[5].
- Dimorphos's instance of is recorded as binary asteroid[6].
- Dimorphos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ondřejov Observatory[7].
- Dimorphos's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid[8].
- Dimorphos's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Dimorphos symbol (fixed width).svg[9].
- Dimorphos's Commons category is recorded as Dimorphos[10].
- Dimorphos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Q2265762[11].
- Dimorphos's provisional designation is recorded as S/2003 (65803) 1[12].
- Dimorphos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2003-11-20T00:00:00Z[13].
- Dimorphos's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid[14].
- Dimorphos's significant event is recorded as discovery[15].
- Dimorphos's significant event is recorded as validation[16].
- Dimorphos's significant event is recorded as naming[17].
- Dimorphos's significant event is recorded as impact[18].
- Dimorphos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0274'}[19].
- Dimorphos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+21.3'}[20].
- Dimorphos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3'}[21].
- Dimorphos's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+0.089'}[22].
- Dimorphos's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+1330000000'}[23].
- Dimorphos's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+4300000000'}[24].
- Dimorphos's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+75.5'}[25].
- Dimorphos's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+40932.24'}[26].
- Dimorphos's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+0.5167'}[27].
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Works and Contributions
Dimorphos is credited with the discovery of Petr Pravec[3].
Why It Matters
Dimorphos ranks in the top 10% of minor_planet_moon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (216 views/month).[2] Dimorphos has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Dimorphos is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]