1299 Mertona

Summary

1299 Mertona is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 34 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 1299 Mertona is credited with the discovery of Guy Reiss^[3].
• 1299 Mertona's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 1299 Mertona's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Center of Research in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Geophysics^[5].
• Gerald Merton is named after 1299 Mertona^[6].
• 1299 Mertona followed Q137715^[7].
• 1299 Mertona was followed by Q137770^[8].
• 1299 Mertona's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 1299 Mertona's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 1299 Mertona's provisional designation is recorded as 1934 BA^[11].
• 1299 Mertona's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1934-01-18T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 1299 Mertona's significant event is recorded as naming^[13].
• 1299 Mertona's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1899716399189346'}^[14].
• 1299 Mertona's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1892261'}^[15].
• 1299 Mertona's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1852745656106859'}^[16].
• 1299 Mertona's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.4'}^[17].
• 1299 Mertona's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.44'}^[18].
• 1299 Mertona's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.87585'}^[19].
• 1299 Mertona's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.884270577261214'}^[20].
• 1299 Mertona's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.69'}^[21].
• 1299 Mertona's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1715.857843187734'}^[22].
• 1299 Mertona's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+4.977'}^[23].
• 1299 Mertona's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+165.59815'}^[24].
• 1299 Mertona's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+165.4576131759566'}^[25].
• 1299 Mertona's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.8004335'}^[26].
• 1299 Mertona's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.804929294594222'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

1299 Mertona's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Gerald Merton is named after 1299 Mertona^[6].

Why It Matters

1299 Mertona has Wikipedia articles in 34 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]