1031 Arctica
asteroid
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Summary
1031 Arctica is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Sergey Belyavsky[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Simeiz Observatory[4]
- Named after: Arctic Ocean[5]
- Follows: 1030 Vitja[6]
- Followed by: 1032 Pafuri[7]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[8]
- Commons category: 1031 Arctica[9]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[10]
- Provisional designation: 1924 RR[11], A910 VB[12], A913 JA[13], A924 LC[14]
- Time of discovery or invention: June 6, 1924[15]
- Asteroid spectral type: C-type asteroid[16]
- Significant event: naming[17]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.06[18], 0.0562993[19], 0.0604386269643266[20]
- Absolute magnitude: 9.56[21], 9.49[22]
- Orbital inclination: 17.63494 degree[23], 17.63475186270309 degree[24]
- Orbital period: 5.32 years[25], 1943.177332225435 day[26]
- Rotation period: 24.904 hour[27]
- Longitude of ascending node: 218.91944 degree[28], 218.6125441904135 degree[29]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 3.0476171 astronomical unit[30], 3.047492689744045 astronomical unit[31]
- Apoapsis: 3.219 astronomical unit[32], 3.231678963595998 astronomical unit[33]
- Periapsis: 2.8760384 astronomical unit[34], 2.863306415892092 astronomical unit[35]
- Argument of periapsis: 307.49721 degree[36], 310.5212783055116 degree[37]
- Mean anomaly: 316.42239 degree[38], 112.2879355828629 degree[39]
- Diameter: 75.4 km[40]
- Albedo: 0.035[41]
Why It Matters
1031 Arctica is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]