113 Amalthea

Summary

113 Amalthea is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 113 Amalthea is credited with the discovery of Robert Luther^[3].
• 113 Amalthea's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 113 Amalthea's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory^[5].
• Amalthea is named after 113 Amalthea^[6].
• 113 Amalthea's follows is recorded as 112 Iphigenia^[7].
• 113 Amalthea's followed by is recorded as 114 Kassandra^[8].
• 113 Amalthea's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 113 Amalthea's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Amalthea asteroid symbol (fixed width).svg^[10].
• 113 Amalthea's Commons category is recorded as 113 Amalthea^[11].
• 113 Amalthea's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 113 Amalthea's provisional designation is recorded as 1931 TN3^[13].
• 113 Amalthea's provisional designation is recorded as 1951 CY^[14].
• 113 Amalthea's provisional designation is recorded as A871 EA^[15].
• 113 Amalthea's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1871-03-12T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 113 Amalthea's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/037625^[17].
• 113 Amalthea's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000113^[18].
• 113 Amalthea's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[19].
• 113 Amalthea's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 113 Amalthea's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08616596909442109'}^[21].
• 113 Amalthea's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.54'}^[22].
• 113 Amalthea's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.037'}^[23].
• 113 Amalthea's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.042451700506163'}^[24].
• 113 Amalthea's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1338.133701198029'}^[25].
• 113 Amalthea's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+9.95'}^[26].
• 113 Amalthea's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+123.3218089358546'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

113 Amalthea's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Amalthea is named after 113 Amalthea^[6].

Why It Matters

113 Amalthea ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]