Proteus

Summary

Proteus is a moon of Neptune^[1]. Proteus draws 408 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_neptune category, ranking #2 of 15).^[2]

Key Facts

• Proteus is credited with the discovery of Stephen P. Synnott^[3].
• Proteus is credited with the discovery of Voyager 2^[4].
• Proteus's image is recorded as Proteus (Voyager 2).jpg^[5].
• Proteus's instance of is recorded as moon of Neptune^[6].
• Proteus's instance of is recorded as regular moon^[7].
• Proteus is named after Proteus^[8].
• Proteus's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Proteus symbol (fixed width).svg^[9].
• Proteus's Commons category is recorded as Proteus (moon)^[10].
• Proteus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Neptune^[11].
• Proteus's provisional designation is recorded as S/1989 N 1^[12].
• Proteus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-06-16T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Proteus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/016wct^[14].
• Proteus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Proteus (moon)^[15].
• Proteus's Commons gallery is recorded as Proteus (moon)^[16].
• Proteus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.00053'}^[17].
• Proteus's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+19.7'}^[18].
• Proteus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Proteus-astronomy^[19].
• Proteus's topic has template is recorded as Template:GeoTemplate/proteus^[20].
• Proteus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.524'}^[21].
• Proteus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.026'}^[22].
• Proteus's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14754979', 'amount': '+50'}^[23].
• Proteus's temperature is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11579', 'amount': '+51'}^[24].
• Proteus's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+209'}^[25].
• Proteus's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+210'}^[26].
• Proteus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1.122314'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Stephen P. Synnott^[3], an astronomer^[28], b. 1946^[29], of United States^[30] and Voyager 2^[4], a flyby probe^[31].

Why It Matters

Proteus draws 408 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_neptune category, ranking #2 of 15).^[2] Proteus has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Proteus is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]