140 Siwa

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 140 Siwa is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 140 Siwa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 140 Siwa's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Pula Observatory^[5].
• Živa is named after 140 Siwa^[6].
• 140 Siwa's follows is recorded as 139 Juewa^[7].
• 140 Siwa's followed by is recorded as 141 Lumen^[8].
• 140 Siwa's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 140 Siwa's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Siwa symbol (fixed width).svg^[10].
• 140 Siwa's Commons category is recorded as 140 Siwa^[11].
• 140 Siwa's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 140 Siwa's provisional designation is recorded as 1948 AL^[13].
• 140 Siwa's provisional designation is recorded as A874 TB^[14].
• 140 Siwa's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1874-10-13T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 140 Siwa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/037gdf^[16].
• 140 Siwa's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000140^[17].
• 140 Siwa's asteroid spectral type is recorded as P-type asteroid^[18].
• 140 Siwa's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[19].
• 140 Siwa's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 140 Siwa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2179542564637294'}^[21].
• 140 Siwa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.45'}^[22].
• 140 Siwa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.187'}^[23].
• 140 Siwa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.191291073942648'}^[24].
• 140 Siwa's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2655272', 'amount': '+1.4'}^[25].
• 140 Siwa's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1648.081840318323'}^[26].
• 140 Siwa's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+34.445'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

140 Siwa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Živa is named after 140 Siwa^[6].

Why It Matters

140 Siwa ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]