100 Hekate

Summary

100 Hekate is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 100 Hekate is credited with the discovery of James Craig Watson^[3].
• 100 Hekate's image is recorded as Орбита астероида 100.png^[4].
• 100 Hekate's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 100 Hekate's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Detroit Observatory^[6].
• Hecate is named after 100 Hekate^[7].
• 100 Hekate's follows is recorded as 99 Dike^[8].
• 100 Hekate's followed by is recorded as Q11543^[9].
• 100 Hekate's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 100 Hekate's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Hekate symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 100 Hekate's Commons category is recorded as 100 Hekate^[12].
• 100 Hekate's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 100 Hekate's provisional designation is recorded as 1955 QA^[14].
• 100 Hekate's provisional designation is recorded as A868 NA^[15].
• 100 Hekate's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1868-07-11T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 100 Hekate's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0373p_^[17].
• 100 Hekate's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000100^[18].
• 100 Hekate's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[19].
• 100 Hekate's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 100 Hekate's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.167976152540468'}^[21].
• 100 Hekate's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.75'}^[22].
• 100 Hekate's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.430925834042776'}^[23].
• 100 Hekate's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2655272', 'amount': '+1.0'}^[24].
• 100 Hekate's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1984.4040573765'}^[25].
• 100 Hekate's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+27.066'}^[26].
• 100 Hekate's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+127.1559842692138'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

100 Hekate's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Hecate is named after 100 Hekate^[7].

Why It Matters

100 Hekate ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]