119 Althaea

Summary

119 Althaea is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 119 Althaea is credited with the discovery of James Craig Watson^[3].
• 119 Althaea's image is recorded as 119Althaea (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 119 Althaea's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 119 Althaea's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Detroit Observatory^[6].
• Althaea is named after 119 Althaea^[7].
• 119 Althaea's follows is recorded as 118 Peitho^[8].
• 119 Althaea's followed by is recorded as Q136933^[9].
• 119 Althaea's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 119 Althaea's Commons category is recorded as 119 Althaea^[11].
• 119 Althaea's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 119 Althaea's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 KO^[13].
• 119 Althaea's provisional designation is recorded as A872 GA^[14].
• 119 Althaea's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1872-04-03T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 119 Althaea's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0376f5^[16].
• 119 Althaea's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000119^[17].
• 119 Althaea's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[18].
• 119 Althaea's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 119 Althaea's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08187397546267572'}^[20].
• 119 Althaea's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[21].
• 119 Althaea's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• 119 Althaea's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.34'}^[23].
• 119 Althaea's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.778'}^[24].
• 119 Althaea's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.786828661914658'}^[25].
• 119 Althaea's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2612219', 'amount': '+200'}^[26].
• 119 Althaea's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1514.378565154268'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

119 Althaea's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Althaea is named after 119 Althaea^[7].

Why It Matters

119 Althaea ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 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]