1580 Betulia

Summary

1580 Betulia is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1580 Betulia is credited with the discovery of Ernest Leonard Johnson^[3].
• 1580 Betulia's image is recorded as 1580Betulia (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 1580 Betulia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 1580 Betulia's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 1580 Betulia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Union Observatory^[7].
• 1580 Betulia's follows is recorded as Q141034^[8].
• 1580 Betulia's followed by is recorded as Q141072^[9].
• 1580 Betulia's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[10].
• 1580 Betulia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 1580 Betulia's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2008005348^[12].
• 1580 Betulia's Commons category is recorded as 1580 Betulia^[13].
• 1580 Betulia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 1580 Betulia's provisional designation is recorded as 1950 KA^[15].
• 1580 Betulia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1950-05-22T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 1580 Betulia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0_2k^[17].
• 1580 Betulia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001580^[18].
• 1580 Betulia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[19].
• 1580 Betulia's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 1580 Betulia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4877'}^[21].
• 1580 Betulia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4876274'}^[22].
• 1580 Betulia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4876044837941496'}^[23].
• 1580 Betulia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[24].
• 1580 Betulia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.61'}^[25].
• 1580 Betulia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+52.09790'}^[26].
• 1580 Betulia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+52.18785378408378'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[5] and near-Earth object^[6].

Why It Matters

1580 Betulia ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]