1656 Suomi

Summary

1656 Suomi is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1656 Suomi is credited with the discovery of Yrjö Väisälä^[3].
• 1656 Suomi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 1656 Suomi's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Iso-Heikkilä Observatory^[5].
• Finland is named after 1656 Suomi^[6].
• 1656 Suomi's follows is recorded as 1655 Comas Solà^[7].
• 1656 Suomi's followed by is recorded as Q141984^[8].
• 1656 Suomi's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[9].
• 1656 Suomi's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 1656 Suomi's Commons category is recorded as 1656 Suomi^[11].
• 1656 Suomi's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 1656 Suomi's provisional designation is recorded as 1942 EC^[13].
• 1656 Suomi's provisional designation is recorded as 1955 HL^[14].
• 1656 Suomi's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1942-03-11T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 1656 Suomi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygy5h^[16].
• 1656 Suomi's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001656^[17].
• 1656 Suomi's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[18].
• 1656 Suomi's asteroid family is recorded as Hungaria family^[19].
• 1656 Suomi's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 1656 Suomi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[21].
• 1656 Suomi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1233710'}^[22].
• 1656 Suomi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1232800427907823'}^[23].
• 1656 Suomi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.8'}^[24].
• 1656 Suomi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.91'}^[25].
• 1656 Suomi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+25.06613'}^[26].
• 1656 Suomi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+25.06721156391939'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

1656 Suomi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Finland is named after 1656 Suomi^[6].

Why It Matters

1656 Suomi ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]