170 Maria

Summary

170 Maria is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 170 Maria is credited with the discovery of Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin^[3].
• 170 Maria's image is recorded as Asteroid-maria.jpg^[4].
• 170 Maria's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 170 Maria's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Toulouse Observatory^[6].
• Maria Abetti is named after 170 Maria^[7].
• 170 Maria's follows is recorded as Q142411^[8].
• 170 Maria's followed by is recorded as 171 Ophelia^[9].
• 170 Maria's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 170 Maria's Commons category is recorded as 170 Maria^[11].
• 170 Maria's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 170 Maria's provisional designation is recorded as 1958 AC^[13].
• 170 Maria's provisional designation is recorded as A877 AA^[14].
• 170 Maria's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1877-01-10T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 170 Maria's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0394r7^[16].
• 170 Maria's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000170^[17].
• 170 Maria's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[18].
• 170 Maria's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 170 Maria's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06137589180808733'}^[20].
• 170 Maria's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.33'}^[21].
• 170 Maria's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.36223255835443'}^[22].
• 170 Maria's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1491.328232041943'}^[23].
• 170 Maria's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+13.12'}^[24].
• 170 Maria's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+301.1804135957114'}^[25].
• 170 Maria's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.554562553702127'}^[26].
• 170 Maria's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.711351108615141'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

170 Maria's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Maria Abetti is named after 170 Maria^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for 170 Maria include Maria family^[28], an asteroid family^[29].

Why It Matters

170 Maria ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include Maria family^[28], an asteroid family^[29].