143 Adria

main-belt asteroid
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143 Adria

Summary

143 Adria is an asteroid[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 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 followed 142 Polana[7].
  • 143 Adria was followed by 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 February 23, 1875[14].
  • 143 Adria's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid[15].
  • 143 Adria's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid[16].
  • 143 Adria's significant event is recorded as naming[17].
  • 143 Adria's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07151402250526262'}[18].
  • 143 Adria's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.33'}[19].
  • 143 Adria's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.469'}[20].
  • 143 Adria's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.44452916430049'}[21].
  • 143 Adria's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2612219', 'amount': '+7.6'}[22].
  • 143 Adria's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1678.412436720506'}[23].
  • 143 Adria's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+22.005'}[24].
  • 143 Adria's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+332.8794257981983'}[25].
  • 143 Adria's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.763971165328803'}[26].
  • 143 Adria's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.961633861450024'}[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 (20 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (Sixth Revised and Enlarged Edition). wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Kwamikagami · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant event → naming
    Followed by → 144 Vibilia
    Epoch → November 21, 2025
    Sitelink count → 48
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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