124 Alkeste

Summary

124 Alkeste is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 47 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 124 Alkeste is credited with the discovery of Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters^[3].
• 124 Alkeste's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 124 Alkeste's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Litchfield Observatory^[5].
• Alcestis is named after 124 Alkeste^[6].
• 124 Alkeste followed Q137169^[7].
• 124 Alkeste was followed by 125 Liberatrix^[8].
• 124 Alkeste's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 124 Alkeste's Commons category is recorded as 124 Alkeste^[10].
• 124 Alkeste's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 124 Alkeste's provisional designation is recorded as A872 QA^[12].
• 124 Alkeste's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1872-08-23T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 124 Alkeste's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[14].
• 124 Alkeste's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 124 Alkeste's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07840991450044221'}^[16].
• 124 Alkeste's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• 124 Alkeste's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.07'}^[18].
• 124 Alkeste's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.951'}^[19].
• 124 Alkeste's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.963479382177156'}^[20].
• 124 Alkeste's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2612219', 'amount': '+470'}^[21].
• 124 Alkeste's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1557.737967238946'}^[22].
• 124 Alkeste's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+9.906'}^[23].
• 124 Alkeste's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+187.9021465897903'}^[24].
• 124 Alkeste's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.629848026540335'}^[25].
• 124 Alkeste's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.836054185450519'}^[26].
• 124 Alkeste's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.42364186763015'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

124 Alkeste's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Alcestis is named after 124 Alkeste^[6].

Why It Matters

124 Alkeste has Wikipedia articles in 47 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]