486958 Arrokoth

Summary

486958 Arrokoth is a cubewano^[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of cubewano entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,056 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 486958 Arrokoth is credited with the discovery of Marc Buie^[3].
• 486958 Arrokoth is credited with the discovery of New Horizons KBO Search^[4].
• 486958 Arrokoth's instance of is recorded as cubewano^[5].
• 486958 Arrokoth's instance of is recorded as contact binary^[6].
• 486958 Arrokoth's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[7].
• 486958 Arrokoth's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Hubble Space Telescope^[8].
• 486958 Arrokoth's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object^[9].
• 486958 Arrokoth's minor planet group is recorded as cubewano^[10].
• 486958 Arrokoth's Commons category is recorded as 486958 Arrokoth^[11].
• 486958 Arrokoth's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 486958 Arrokoth's provisional designation is recorded as 2014 MU69^[13].
• 486958 Arrokoth's catalog code is recorded as 1110113Y^[14].
• 486958 Arrokoth's catalog code is recorded as PT1^[15].
• 486958 Arrokoth's time of discovery or invention is recorded as June 26, 2014^[16].
• 486958 Arrokoth's significant event is recorded as discovery^[17].
• 486958 Arrokoth's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 486958 Arrokoth's significant event is recorded as planetary flyby^[19].
• 486958 Arrokoth's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 486958 Arrokoth's significant event is recorded as perihelion^[21].
• 486958 Arrokoth's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0523911611031908'}^[22].
• 486958 Arrokoth's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03724573377361805'}^[23].
• 486958 Arrokoth's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+26.59'}^[24].
• 486958 Arrokoth's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+25.24'}^[25].
• 486958 Arrokoth's official name is recorded as Arrokoth^[26].
• 486958 Arrokoth's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.06'}^[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include cubewano^[5], contact binary^[6], and trans-Neptunian object^[7].

History and Context

Catalog codes include 1110113Y^[14] and PT1^[15].

Why It Matters

486958 Arrokoth ranks in the top 8% of cubewano entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,056 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]