18282 Ilos

Summary

18282 Ilos is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 18282 Ilos is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 18282 Ilos is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 18282 Ilos is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 18282 Ilos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 18282 Ilos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Ilus is named after 18282 Ilos^[8].
• 18282 Ilos's follows is recorded as Q910376^[9].
• 18282 Ilos's followed by is recorded as (18283) 5165 T-3^[10].
• 18282 Ilos's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[11].
• 18282 Ilos's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid^[12].
• 18282 Ilos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 18282 Ilos's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 RF12^[14].
• 18282 Ilos's provisional designation is recorded as 4369 T-3^[15].
• 18282 Ilos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-16T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 18282 Ilos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y467b^[17].
• 18282 Ilos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20018282^[18].
• 18282 Ilos's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 18282 Ilos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.078'}^[20].
• 18282 Ilos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0753486'}^[21].
• 18282 Ilos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07671494021441722'}^[22].
• 18282 Ilos's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun^[23].
• 18282 Ilos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.4'}^[24].
• 18282 Ilos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.6'}^[25].
• 18282 Ilos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.70389'}^[26].
• 18282 Ilos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.705005204641678'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

18282 Ilos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Ilus is named after 18282 Ilos^[8].

Why It Matters

18282 Ilos ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]