1316 Kasan

Summary

1316 Kasan is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1316 Kasan is credited with the discovery of Grigory Neujmin^[3].
• 1316 Kasan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 1316 Kasan's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Simeiz Observatory^[5].
• Kazan is named after 1316 Kasan^[6].
• 1316 Kasan's follows is recorded as Q137922^[7].
• 1316 Kasan's followed by is recorded as 1317 Silvretta^[8].
• 1316 Kasan's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[9].
• 1316 Kasan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 1316 Kasan's Commons category is recorded as 1316 Kasan^[11].
• 1316 Kasan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 1316 Kasan's provisional designation is recorded as 1933 WC^[13].
• 1316 Kasan's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 WK14^[14].
• 1316 Kasan's catalog code is recorded as 1933 WC^[15].
• 1316 Kasan's catalog code is recorded as 1978 WK14^[16].
• 1316 Kasan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1933-11-17T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 1316 Kasan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y5gbx^[18].
• 1316 Kasan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001316^[19].
• 1316 Kasan's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[20].
• 1316 Kasan's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 1316 Kasan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3169872141593269'}^[22].
• 1316 Kasan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3157259'}^[23].
• 1316 Kasan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3156791481247174'}^[24].
• 1316 Kasan's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.3'}^[25].
• 1316 Kasan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[26].
• 1316 Kasan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.18'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

1316 Kasan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Catalog codes include 1933 WC^[15] and 1978 WK14^[16]. Kazan is named after 1316 Kasan^[6].

Why It Matters

1316 Kasan ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]