1878 Hughes

Summary

1878 Hughes is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1878 Hughes is credited with the discovery of Eugène Joseph Delporte^[3].
• 1878 Hughes's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 1878 Hughes's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Royal Observatory of Belgium^[5].
• 1878 Hughes's follows is recorded as 1877 Marsden^[6].
• 1878 Hughes's followed by is recorded as 1879 Broederstroom^[7].
• 1878 Hughes's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 1878 Hughes's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 1878 Hughes's provisional designation is recorded as 1933 QC^[10].
• 1878 Hughes's provisional designation is recorded as 1950 BA^[11].
• 1878 Hughes's provisional designation is recorded as 1955 FK^[12].
• 1878 Hughes's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 TO7^[13].
• 1878 Hughes's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1933-08-18T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 1878 Hughes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y3_4t^[15].
• 1878 Hughes's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001878^[16].
• 1878 Hughes's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 1878 Hughes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.010144'}^[18].
• 1878 Hughes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0101706'}^[19].
• 1878 Hughes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.01379897501904757'}^[20].
• 1878 Hughes's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.8'}^[21].
• 1878 Hughes's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.91'}^[22].
• 1878 Hughes's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.78309'}^[23].
• 1878 Hughes's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.783426706995809'}^[24].
• 1878 Hughes's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.8'}^[25].
• 1878 Hughes's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1752.147042127836'}^[26].
• 1878 Hughes's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+2.6821'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

1878 Hughes's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

1878 Hughes ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]