148 Gallia

Summary

148 Gallia is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 148 Gallia is credited with the discovery of Prosper-Mathieu Henry^[3].
• 148 Gallia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 148 Gallia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Paris Observatory, PSL University^[5].
• Gaul is named after 148 Gallia^[6].
• France is named after 148 Gallia^[7].
• 148 Gallia's follows is recorded as 147 Protogeneia^[8].
• 148 Gallia's followed by is recorded as 149 Medusa^[9].
• 148 Gallia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 148 Gallia's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Gallia symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 148 Gallia's Commons category is recorded as 148 Gallia^[12].
• 148 Gallia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 148 Gallia's provisional designation is recorded as A875 PA^[14].
• 148 Gallia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1875-08-07T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 148 Gallia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/037p9v^[16].
• 148 Gallia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000148^[17].
• 148 Gallia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as G-type asteroid^[18].
• 148 Gallia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[19].
• 148 Gallia's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 148 Gallia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1879084849234235'}^[21].
• 148 Gallia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.58'}^[22].
• 148 Gallia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'degree', 'amount': '+25.2896738778118'}^[23].
• 148 Gallia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'day', 'amount': '+1683.981079599828'}^[24].
• 148 Gallia's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'hour', 'amount': '+20.664'}^[25].
• 148 Gallia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'degree', 'amount': '+144.9534753902086'}^[26].
• 148 Gallia's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'astronomical unit', 'amount': '+2.770081332096837'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

148 Gallia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Things named after include Gaul^[6], a historical region^[28], in France^[29] and France^[7], a sovereign state^[30], in France^[31], founded in 0843^[32].

Why It Matters

148 Gallia ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]