1552 Bessel

Summary

1552 Bessel is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 35 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 1552 Bessel is credited with the discovery of Yrjö Väisälä^[3].
• 1552 Bessel's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 1552 Bessel's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Iso-Heikkilä Observatory^[5].
• Friedrich Bessel is named after 1552 Bessel^[6].
• 1552 Bessel followed Q140730^[7].
• 1552 Bessel was followed by Q140748^[8].
• 1552 Bessel's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 1552 Bessel's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 1552 Bessel's provisional designation is recorded as 1933 FJ1^[11].
• 1552 Bessel's provisional designation is recorded as 1938 DE1^[12].
• 1552 Bessel's provisional designation is recorded as 1948 EH^[13].
• 1552 Bessel's provisional designation is recorded as 1951 UF^[14].
• 1552 Bessel's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1938-02-24T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 1552 Bessel's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 1552 Bessel's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.10'}^[17].
• 1552 Bessel's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0989064'}^[18].
• 1552 Bessel's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1013882028632482'}^[19].
• 1552 Bessel's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.4'}^[20].
• 1552 Bessel's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.51'}^[21].
• 1552 Bessel's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.83436'}^[22].
• 1552 Bessel's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.8311308162227'}^[23].
• 1552 Bessel's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.22'}^[24].
• 1552 Bessel's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1907.920407487417'}^[25].
• 1552 Bessel's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+8.996'}^[26].
• 1552 Bessel's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.94590'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

1552 Bessel's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Friedrich Bessel is named after 1552 Bessel^[6].

Why It Matters

1552 Bessel has Wikipedia articles in 35 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]