18281 Tros

Summary

18281 Tros is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 18281 Tros is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 18281 Tros is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 18281 Tros is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 18281 Tros's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 18281 Tros's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• 18281 Tros followed (18280) 4245 T-3^[8].
• 18281 Tros was followed by 18282 Ilos^[9].
• 18281 Tros's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[10].
• 18281 Tros's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid^[11].
• 18281 Tros's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 18281 Tros's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 RK12^[13].
• 18281 Tros's provisional designation is recorded as 4317 T-3^[14].
• 18281 Tros's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-16T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 18281 Tros's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 18281 Tros's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.104'}^[17].
• 18281 Tros's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1021209'}^[18].
• 18281 Tros's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1048722244926543'}^[19].
• 18281 Tros's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun^[20].
• 18281 Tros's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.5'}^[21].
• 18281 Tros's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.4'}^[22].
• 18281 Tros's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.63'}^[23].
• 18281 Tros's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.54452'}^[24].
• 18281 Tros's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.535526274936462'}^[25].
• 18281 Tros's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+11.86'}^[26].
• 18281 Tros's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+4355.67754457693'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

18281 Tros's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

Why It Matters

18281 Tros has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]