1288 Santa

Summary

1288 Santa is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 34 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 1288 Santa is credited with the discovery of Eugène Joseph Delporte^[3].
• 1288 Santa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 1288 Santa's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Royal Observatory of Belgium^[5].
• 1288 Santa followed Q137598^[6].
• 1288 Santa was followed by 1289 Kutaïssi^[7].
• 1288 Santa's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 1288 Santa's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 1288 Santa's provisional designation is recorded as 1933 QM^[10].
• 1288 Santa's provisional designation is recorded as 1960 CA^[11].
• 1288 Santa's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1933-08-26T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 1288 Santa's significant event is recorded as naming^[13].
• 1288 Santa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.063154'}^[14].
• 1288 Santa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0658241'}^[15].
• 1288 Santa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06396362580758565'}^[16].
• 1288 Santa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.41'}^[17].
• 1288 Santa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.57366'}^[18].
• 1288 Santa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.561826519758924'}^[19].
• 1288 Santa's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.9'}^[20].
• 1288 Santa's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1790.327075380947'}^[21].
• 1288 Santa's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+7.605'}^[22].
• 1288 Santa's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+298.95703'}^[23].
• 1288 Santa's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+298.8541243882458'}^[24].
• 1288 Santa's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.8835896'}^[25].
• 1288 Santa's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.885510341694642'}^[26].
• 1288 Santa's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.073'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

1288 Santa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

1288 Santa has Wikipedia articles in 34 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]