Dimorphos
moon of asteroid 65803 Didymos
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Summary
Dimorphos is a minor planet moon[1]. Dimorphos ranks in the top 10% of minor_planet_moon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (467 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Dimorphos is credited with the discovery of Petr Pravec[3].
- Dimorphos's instance of is recorded as minor planet moon[4].
- Dimorphos's instance of is recorded as binary asteroid[5].
- Dimorphos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Ondřejov Observatory[6].
- Dimorphos's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid[7].
- Dimorphos's Commons category is recorded as Dimorphos[8].
- Dimorphos's parent astronomical body is recorded as 65803 Didymos[9].
- Dimorphos's provisional designation is recorded as S/2003 (65803) 1[10].
- Dimorphos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 20, 2003[11].
- Dimorphos's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid[12].
- Dimorphos's significant event is recorded as discovery[13].
- Dimorphos's significant event is recorded as validation[14].
- Dimorphos's significant event is recorded as naming[15].
- Dimorphos's significant event is recorded as impact[16].
- Dimorphos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0274'}[17].
- Dimorphos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+21.3'}[18].
- Dimorphos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'degree', 'amount': '+160'}[19].
- Dimorphos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'degree', 'amount': '+3'}[20].
- Dimorphos covers an area of {'unit': 'square kilometre', 'amount': '+0.089'}[21].
- Dimorphos's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'kilogram', 'amount': '+1330000000'}[22].
- Dimorphos's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'kilogram', 'amount': '+4300000000'}[23].
- Dimorphos's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'metre', 'amount': '+75.5'}[24].
- Dimorphos's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'second', 'amount': '+40932.24'}[25].
- Dimorphos's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'day', 'amount': '+0.5167'}[26].
- Dimorphos's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'kilometre', 'amount': '+1.189'}[27].
Body
Definition and Type
Recorded instance of include minor planet moon[4] and binary asteroid[5].
Why It Matters
Dimorphos ranks in the top 10% of minor_planet_moon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (467 views/month).[2] Dimorphos has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Dimorphos is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]