106 Dione

Summary

106 Dione is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 106 Dione is credited with the discovery of James Craig Watson^[3].
• 106 Dione's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 106 Dione's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Detroit Observatory^[5].
• Dione is named after 106 Dione^[6].
• 106 Dione's follows is recorded as 105 Artemis^[7].
• 106 Dione's followed by is recorded as 107 Camilla^[8].
• 106 Dione's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 106 Dione's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Dione asteroid symbol (fixed width).svg^[10].
• 106 Dione's Commons category is recorded as 106 Dione^[11].
• 106 Dione's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 106 Dione's provisional designation is recorded as A902 TA^[13].
• 106 Dione's provisional designation is recorded as A868 TA^[14].
• 106 Dione's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1868-10-10T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 106 Dione's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0375c6^[16].
• 106 Dione's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000106^[17].
• 106 Dione's asteroid spectral type is recorded as G-type asteroid^[18].
• 106 Dione's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[19].
• 106 Dione's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 106 Dione's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1588532558312567'}^[21].
• 106 Dione's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.77'}^[22].
• 106 Dione's different from is recorded as 106^[23].
• 106 Dione's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.616'}^[24].
• 106 Dione's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.575003943483638'}^[25].
• 106 Dione's density is recorded as {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+1.83'}^[26].
• 106 Dione's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2073.71564096394'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

106 Dione's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Dione is named after 106 Dione^[6].

Why It Matters

106 Dione ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]