142 Polana

Summary

142 Polana is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 142 Polana is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 142 Polana's image is recorded as Polana-Mars2013.gif^[4].
• 142 Polana's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 142 Polana's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Pula Observatory^[6].
• Pula is named after 142 Polana^[7].
• 142 Polana's follows is recorded as 141 Lumen^[8].
• 142 Polana's followed by is recorded as 143 Adria^[9].
• 142 Polana's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 142 Polana's Commons category is recorded as 142 Polana^[11].
• 142 Polana's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 142 Polana's provisional designation is recorded as 1954 BH^[13].
• 142 Polana's provisional designation is recorded as 1956 XZ^[14].
• 142 Polana's provisional designation is recorded as 1963 SA^[15].
• 142 Polana's provisional designation is recorded as A923 WA^[16].
• 142 Polana's provisional designation is recorded as A875 BA^[17].
• 142 Polana's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1875-01-28T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 142 Polana's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/037npx^[19].
• 142 Polana's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000142^[20].
• 142 Polana's asteroid spectral type is recorded as F-type asteroid^[21].
• 142 Polana's asteroid spectral type is recorded as B-type asteroid^[22].
• 142 Polana's significant event is recorded as naming^[23].
• 142 Polana's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1327633328650334'}^[24].
• 142 Polana's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.54'}^[25].
• 142 Polana's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.237'}^[26].
• 142 Polana's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.242569463116395'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

142 Polana's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Pula is named after 142 Polana^[7].

Why It Matters

142 Polana ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]