129 Antigone

Summary

129 Antigone is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 129 Antigone is credited with the discovery of Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters^[3].
• 129 Antigone's image is recorded as 129Antigone (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 129 Antigone's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 129 Antigone's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Litchfield Observatory^[6].
• Antigone is named after 129 Antigone^[7].
• 129 Antigone's follows is recorded as 128 Nemesis^[8].
• 129 Antigone's followed by is recorded as 130 Elektra^[9].
• 129 Antigone's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 129 Antigone's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Antigone symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 129 Antigone's Commons category is recorded as 129 Antigone^[12].
• 129 Antigone's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 129 Antigone's provisional designation is recorded as A878 CA^[14].
• 129 Antigone's provisional designation is recorded as A907 BA^[15].
• 129 Antigone's provisional designation is recorded as A873 CA^[16].
• 129 Antigone's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1873-02-05T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 129 Antigone's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/037fb4^[18].
• 129 Antigone's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000129^[19].
• 129 Antigone's asteroid spectral type is recorded as M-type asteroid^[20].
• 129 Antigone's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[21].
• 129 Antigone's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 129 Antigone's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2130720176601861'}^[23].
• 129 Antigone's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• 129 Antigone's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.02'}^[25].
• 129 Antigone's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.218'}^[26].
• 129 Antigone's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.26995787142696'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

129 Antigone's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Antigone is named after 129 Antigone^[7].

Why It Matters

129 Antigone ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]