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169 Zelia

main-belt asteroid
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Summary

169 Zelia is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 44 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Prosper-Mathieu Henry[3]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: Paris Observatory, PSL University[4]
  • Named after: Zelia[5]
  • Follows: 168 Sibylla[6]
  • Followed by: 170 Maria[7]
  • Minor planet group: asteroid belt[8]
  • Commons category: 169 Zelia[9]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[10]
  • Provisional designation: 1933 FC2[11], A876 SB[12]
  • Time of discovery or invention: September 28, 1876[13]
  • Asteroid spectral type: S-type asteroid[14]
  • Significant event: naming[15]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.1301186506742951[16]
  • Absolute magnitude: 9.55[17]
  • Orbital inclination: 5.51 degree[18], 5.499724465131029 degree[19]
  • Orbital period: 1323.241801621129 day[20]
  • Rotation period: 14.537 hour[21]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 354.7041068783477 degree[22]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.358814868854001 astronomical unit[23]
  • Apoapsis: 2.665740676779748 astronomical unit[24]
  • Periapsis: 2.051889060928254 astronomical unit[25]
  • Argument of periapsis: 334.9953761482065 degree[26]
  • Mean anomaly: 94.93591833446115 degree[27]
  • Diameter: 37.517 km[28]
  • Albedo: 0.235[29], 0.188[30]

Why It Matters

169 Zelia is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Kwamikagami · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Minor planet group → asteroid belt
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.51'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.499724465131029'}
    Parent astronomical body → Sun
    Minor planet center body id → 169
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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