1269 Rollandia
asteroid
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Summary
1269 Rollandia is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 33 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Grigory Neujmin[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Simeiz Observatory[4]
- Named after: Romain Rolland[5]
- Follows: 1268 Libya[6]
- Followed by: 1270 Datura[7]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[8], outer asteroid belt[9]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[10]
- Provisional designation: 1926 GC1[11], 1930 SH[12], 1931 VY[13], 1936 LE[14], 1961 PB[15], A902 EA[16], A906 SA[17], A907 WB[18], A918 EG[19]
- Time of discovery or invention: September 20, 1930[20]
- Asteroid spectral type: D-type asteroid[21]
- Significant event: naming[22]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.0984[23], 0.0995977[24], 0.09659933429333[25]
- Absolute magnitude: 8.82[26], 8.77[27]
- Orbital inclination: 2.75806 degree[28], 2.75855 degree[29], 2.758844985511689 degree[30]
- Orbital period: 7.71 years[31], 2836.177584077035 day[32]
- Rotation period: 60.45 hour[33]
- Longitude of ascending node: 134.70550 degree[34], 134.5726882045834 degree[35]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 3.9023004 astronomical unit[36], 3.921239139885831 astronomical unit[37]
- Apoapsis: 4.291 astronomical unit[38], 4.300028230403752 astronomical unit[39]
- Periapsis: 3.5136404 astronomical unit[40], 3.54245004936791 astronomical unit[41]
- Argument of periapsis: 19.46054 degree[42], 16.83749462417953 degree[43]
- Mean anomaly: 352.88370 degree[44], 302.5089990469089 degree[45]
- Diameter: 104.893 km[46]
- Albedo: 0.0473[47], 0.048[48]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[49]
Why It Matters
1269 Rollandia is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]