1149 Volga

Summary

1149 Volga is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1149 Volga is credited with the discovery of Evgeny Skvortsov^[3].
• 1149 Volga's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 1149 Volga's instance of is recorded as small Solar System body^[5].
• 1149 Volga's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Simeiz Observatory^[6].
• Volga is named after 1149 Volga^[7].
• 1149 Volga's follows is recorded as Q136468^[8].
• 1149 Volga's followed by is recorded as Q136499^[9].
• 1149 Volga's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 1149 Volga's Commons category is recorded as 1149 Volga^[11].
• 1149 Volga's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 1149 Volga's provisional designation is recorded as 1929 PF^[13].
• 1149 Volga's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1929-08-01T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 1149 Volga's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03cj1c2^[15].
• 1149 Volga's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001149^[16].
• 1149 Volga's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 1149 Volga's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.094878'}^[18].
• 1149 Volga's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0953828'}^[19].
• 1149 Volga's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0983795172224241'}^[20].
• 1149 Volga's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.57'}^[21].
• 1149 Volga's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.54'}^[22].
• 1149 Volga's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.75014'}^[23].
• 1149 Volga's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.76199784076704'}^[24].
• 1149 Volga's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.94'}^[25].
• 1149 Volga's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1800.425710535701'}^[26].
• 1149 Volga's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+27.262'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4] and small Solar System body^[5].

History and Context

Volga is named after 1149 Volga^[7].

Why It Matters

1149 Volga ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]