118 Peitho

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 118 Peitho is credited with the discovery of Robert Luther^[3].
• 118 Peitho's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 118 Peitho's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory^[5].
• Peitho is named after 118 Peitho^[6].
• 118 Peitho's follows is recorded as 117 Lomia^[7].
• 118 Peitho's followed by is recorded as 119 Althaea^[8].
• 118 Peitho's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 118 Peitho's Commons category is recorded as 118 Peitho^[10].
• 118 Peitho's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 118 Peitho's provisional designation is recorded as A872 EA^[12].
• 118 Peitho's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1872-03-15T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 118 Peitho's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0376c9^[14].
• 118 Peitho's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000118^[15].
• 118 Peitho's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[16].
• 118 Peitho's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 118 Peitho's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1633907216268399'}^[18].
• 118 Peitho's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.92'}^[19].
• 118 Peitho's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.743'}^[20].
• 118 Peitho's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.746528539376782'}^[21].
• 118 Peitho's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2612219', 'amount': '+76'}^[22].
• 118 Peitho's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1390.333734696246'}^[23].
• 118 Peitho's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+7.8055'}^[24].
• 118 Peitho's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+47.63435057590586'}^[25].
• 118 Peitho's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.437888034297424'}^[26].
• 118 Peitho's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.836216319466718'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

118 Peitho's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Peitho is named after 118 Peitho^[6].

Why It Matters

118 Peitho ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]