1252 Celestia

Summary

1252 Celestia is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 1252 Celestia is credited with the discovery of Fred Lawrence Whipple^[3].
• 1252 Celestia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 1252 Celestia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Harvard College Observatory^[5].
• 1252 Celestia followed Q137334^[6].
• 1252 Celestia was followed by Q137344^[7].
• 1252 Celestia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 1252 Celestia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 1252 Celestia's provisional designation is recorded as 1933 DG^[10].
• 1252 Celestia's provisional designation is recorded as 1934 PA1^[11].
• 1252 Celestia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1933-02-19T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 1252 Celestia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[13].
• 1252 Celestia's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 1252 Celestia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2068506'}^[15].
• 1252 Celestia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2075800'}^[16].
• 1252 Celestia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2051343364208053'}^[17].
• 1252 Celestia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.89'}^[18].
• 1252 Celestia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.73'}^[19].
• 1252 Celestia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+33.83856'}^[20].
• 1252 Celestia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+33.84097090370699'}^[21].
• 1252 Celestia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.42'}^[22].
• 1252 Celestia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1617.572448868643'}^[23].
• 1252 Celestia's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+10.636'}^[24].
• 1252 Celestia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+140.90977'}^[25].
• 1252 Celestia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+140.7782661369941'}^[26].
• 1252 Celestia's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.6942717'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

1252 Celestia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

1252 Celestia has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]