175 Andromache

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 175 Andromache is credited with the discovery of James Craig Watson^[3].
• 175 Andromache's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 175 Andromache's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Detroit Observatory^[5].
• Andromache is named after 175 Andromache^[6].
• 175 Andromache's follows is recorded as 174 Phaedra^[7].
• 175 Andromache's followed by is recorded as 176 Iduna^[8].
• 175 Andromache's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 175 Andromache's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Andromache symbol (fixed width).svg^[10].
• 175 Andromache's Commons category is recorded as 175 Andromache^[11].
• 175 Andromache's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 175 Andromache's provisional designation is recorded as 1946 MB^[13].
• 175 Andromache's provisional designation is recorded as 1946 OD^[14].
• 175 Andromache's provisional designation is recorded as A893 KA^[15].
• 175 Andromache's provisional designation is recorded as A895 XB^[16].
• 175 Andromache's provisional designation is recorded as A877 TA^[17].
• 175 Andromache's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1877-10-01T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 175 Andromache's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/039qln^[19].
• 175 Andromache's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000175^[20].
• 175 Andromache's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[21].
• 175 Andromache's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 175 Andromache's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.231501672439879'}^[23].
• 175 Andromache's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• 175 Andromache's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.62'}^[25].
• 175 Andromache's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.22'}^[26].
• 175 Andromache's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.217621988880807'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

175 Andromache's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Andromache is named after 175 Andromache^[6].

Why It Matters

175 Andromache ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]