128 Nemesis

Summary

128 Nemesis is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 128 Nemesis is credited with the discovery of James Craig Watson^[3].
• 128 Nemesis's image is recorded as 128 Nemesis (orbit).gif^[4].
• 128 Nemesis's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 128 Nemesis's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Detroit Observatory^[6].
• Nemesis is named after 128 Nemesis^[7].
• 128 Nemesis's follows is recorded as 127 Johanna^[8].
• 128 Nemesis's followed by is recorded as 129 Antigone^[9].
• 128 Nemesis's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 128 Nemesis's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Nemesis asteroid symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 128 Nemesis's Commons category is recorded as 128 Nemesis^[12].
• 128 Nemesis's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 128 Nemesis's provisional designation is recorded as 1952 HW1^[14].
• 128 Nemesis's provisional designation is recorded as A872 WA^[15].
• 128 Nemesis's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1872-11-25T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 128 Nemesis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/037f42^[17].
• 128 Nemesis's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000128^[18].
• 128 Nemesis's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[19].
• 128 Nemesis's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 128 Nemesis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1270063895583919'}^[21].
• 128 Nemesis's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.67'}^[22].
• 128 Nemesis's different from is recorded as Nemesis^[23].
• 128 Nemesis's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.254'}^[24].
• 128 Nemesis's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.246829388245652'}^[25].
• 128 Nemesis's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1665.678187935098'}^[26].
• 128 Nemesis's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+38.9325'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

128 Nemesis's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Nemesis is named after 128 Nemesis^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for 128 Nemesis include Nemesis family^[28], an asteroid family^[29].

Why It Matters

128 Nemesis ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include Nemesis family^[28], an asteroid family^[29].