1193 Africa

Summary

1193 Africa is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1193 Africa is credited with the discovery of Cyril V. Jackson^[3].
• 1193 Africa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 1193 Africa's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Union Observatory^[5].
• Africa is named after 1193 Africa^[6].
• 1193 Africa's follows is recorded as Q136891^[7].
• 1193 Africa's followed by is recorded as Q136900^[8].
• 1193 Africa's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 1193 Africa's Commons category is recorded as 1193 Africa^[10].
• 1193 Africa's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 1193 Africa's provisional designation is recorded as 1931 HB^[12].
• 1193 Africa's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1931-04-24T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 1193 Africa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0nmb^[14].
• 1193 Africa's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001193^[15].
• 1193 Africa's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 1193 Africa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1232488'}^[17].
• 1193 Africa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1230070'}^[18].
• 1193 Africa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1236154839064382'}^[19].
• 1193 Africa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.8'}^[20].
• 1193 Africa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.82'}^[21].
• 1193 Africa's different from is recorded as Africa^[22].
• 1193 Africa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.14052'}^[23].
• 1193 Africa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.14305949546692'}^[24].
• 1193 Africa's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.3'}^[25].
• 1193 Africa's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1571.814961709778'}^[26].
• 1193 Africa's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+158.7'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

1193 Africa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Africa is named after 1193 Africa^[6].

Why It Matters

1193 Africa ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]