143 Adria

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 143 Adria is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 143 Adria's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 143 Adria's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Pula Observatory^[5].
• Adriatic Sea is named after 143 Adria^[6].
• 143 Adria's follows is recorded as 142 Polana^[7].
• 143 Adria's followed by is recorded as 144 Vibilia^[8].
• 143 Adria's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 143 Adria's Commons category is recorded as 143 Adria^[10].
• 143 Adria's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 143 Adria's provisional designation is recorded as 1960 WK1^[12].
• 143 Adria's provisional designation is recorded as A875 DA^[13].
• 143 Adria's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1875-02-23T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 143 Adria's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/037nvc^[15].
• 143 Adria's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000143^[16].
• 143 Adria's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[17].
• 143 Adria's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[18].
• 143 Adria's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 143 Adria's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07151402250526262'}^[20].
• 143 Adria's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.33'}^[21].
• 143 Adria's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.469'}^[22].
• 143 Adria's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.44452916430049'}^[23].
• 143 Adria's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2612219', 'amount': '+7.6'}^[24].
• 143 Adria's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1678.412436720506'}^[25].
• 143 Adria's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+22.005'}^[26].
• 143 Adria's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+332.8794257981983'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

143 Adria's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Adriatic Sea is named after 143 Adria^[6].

Why It Matters

143 Adria ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]