3240 Laocoon

Summary

3240 Laocoon is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 3240 Laocoon is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 3240 Laocoon is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[4].
• 3240 Laocoon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 3240 Laocoon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• Laocoön is named after 3240 Laocoon^[7].
• 3240 Laocoon's follows is recorded as 3239 Meizhou^[8].
• 3240 Laocoon's followed by is recorded as 3241 Yeshuhua^[9].
• 3240 Laocoon's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[10].
• 3240 Laocoon's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid^[11].
• 3240 Laocoon's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[12].
• 3240 Laocoon's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 3240 Laocoon's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 SA9^[14].
• 3240 Laocoon's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 SL2^[15].
• 3240 Laocoon's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 VG6^[16].
• 3240 Laocoon's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 WS12^[17].
• 3240 Laocoon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-11-07T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 3240 Laocoon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y714d^[19].
• 3240 Laocoon's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003240^[20].
• 3240 Laocoon's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 3240 Laocoon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.126'}^[22].
• 3240 Laocoon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1269058'}^[23].
• 3240 Laocoon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1270716403375931'}^[24].
• 3240 Laocoon's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun^[25].
• 3240 Laocoon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.2'}^[26].
• 3240 Laocoon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.28'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Eleanor F. Helin^[3], an astronomer^[28], 1932–2009^[29], of United States^[30], awarded the Women in Technology Hall of Fame^[31], specialised in astronomy^[32] and Schelte J. Bus^[4], an astronomer^[33], b. 1956^[34], of United States^[35], specialised in planetary science^[36].

Why It Matters

3240 Laocoon has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]