244932 Méliès

Summary

244932 Méliès is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 244932 Méliès is credited with the discovery of Bernard Christophe^[3].
• 244932 Méliès is credited with the discovery of Saint-Sulpice Observatory^[4].
• 244932 Méliès's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 244932 Méliès's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Saint-Sulpice^[6].
• 244932 Méliès's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[7].
• 244932 Méliès's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[8].
• 244932 Méliès's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 EJ190^[9].
• 244932 Méliès's provisional designation is recorded as 2003 XW21^[10].
• 244932 Méliès's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2003-12-15T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 244932 Méliès's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20244932^[12].
• 244932 Méliès's significant event is recorded as naming^[13].
• 244932 Méliès's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[14].
• 244932 Méliès's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1449990574413728'}^[15].
• 244932 Méliès's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.4'}^[16].
• 244932 Méliès's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.59'}^[17].
• 244932 Méliès's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.5'}^[18].
• 244932 Méliès's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.527137270671929'}^[19].
• 244932 Méliès's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1672.646227927873'}^[20].
• 244932 Méliès's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+81.6'}^[21].
• 244932 Méliès's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+81.49982943511608'}^[22].
• 244932 Méliès's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.757637094667981'}^[23].
• 244932 Méliès's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.157491874160204'}^[24].
• 244932 Méliès's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.357782315175758'}^[25].
• 244932 Méliès's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.1'}^[26].
• 244932 Méliès's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.24523083073567'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

244932 Méliès's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

244932 Méliès ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]