172 Baucis

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 172 Baucis is credited with the discovery of Alphonse Borrelly^[3].
• 172 Baucis's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 172 Baucis's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Marseille Observatory^[5].
• Baucis is named after 172 Baucis^[6].
• 172 Baucis's follows is recorded as 171 Ophelia^[7].
• 172 Baucis's followed by is recorded as 173 Ino^[8].
• 172 Baucis's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 172 Baucis's Commons category is recorded as 172 Baucis^[10].
• 172 Baucis's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 172 Baucis's provisional designation is recorded as A921 EE^[12].
• 172 Baucis's provisional designation is recorded as A877 CA^[13].
• 172 Baucis's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1877-02-05T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 172 Baucis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/039qj3^[15].
• 172 Baucis's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000172^[16].
• 172 Baucis's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[17].
• 172 Baucis's asteroid spectral type is recorded as L-type asteroid^[18].
• 172 Baucis's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 172 Baucis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1141327766057335'}^[20].
• 172 Baucis's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• 172 Baucis's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.72'}^[22].
• 172 Baucis's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.04'}^[23].
• 172 Baucis's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.01600190489201'}^[24].
• 172 Baucis's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1340.870984374988'}^[25].
• 172 Baucis's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+27.417'}^[26].
• 172 Baucis's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+331.8891752958212'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

172 Baucis's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Baucis is named after 172 Baucis^[6].

Why It Matters

172 Baucis ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]