163 Erigone

Summary

163 Erigone is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 163 Erigone is credited with the discovery of Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin^[3].
• 163 Erigone's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 163 Erigone's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Toulouse Observatory^[5].
• Erigone is named after 163 Erigone^[6].
• Erigone is named after 163 Erigone^[7].
• 163 Erigone's follows is recorded as 162 Laurentia^[8].
• 163 Erigone's followed by is recorded as 164 Eva^[9].
• 163 Erigone's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 163 Erigone's Commons category is recorded as 163 Erigone^[11].
• 163 Erigone's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 163 Erigone's provisional designation is recorded as 1957 OT^[13].
• 163 Erigone's provisional designation is recorded as A892 RA^[14].
• 163 Erigone's provisional designation is recorded as 2017 YH23^[15].
• 163 Erigone's provisional designation is recorded as A876 HC^[16].
• 163 Erigone's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1876-04-26T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 163 Erigone's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/037y4p^[18].
• 163 Erigone's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000163^[19].
• 163 Erigone's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[20].
• 163 Erigone's asteroid family is recorded as Erigone family^[21].
• 163 Erigone's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 163 Erigone's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1919725514520863'}^[23].
• 163 Erigone's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.77'}^[24].
• 163 Erigone's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.813'}^[25].
• 163 Erigone's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.815056162635399'}^[26].
• 163 Erigone's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1329.826898523247'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

163 Erigone's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Things named after include Erigone^[6], a mythological Greek character^[28].

Cultural Significance

Things named for 163 Erigone include Erigone family^[29], an asteroid family^[30].

Why It Matters

163 Erigone ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include Erigone family^[29], an asteroid family^[30].