194 Prokne

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 194 Prokne is credited with the discovery of Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters^[3].
• 194 Prokne's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 194 Prokne's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Litchfield Observatory^[5].
• Procne is named after 194 Prokne^[6].
• 194 Prokne's follows is recorded as 193 Ambrosia^[7].
• 194 Prokne's followed by is recorded as 195 Eurykleia^[8].
• 194 Prokne's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 194 Prokne's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Prokne symbol (fixed width).svg^[10].
• 194 Prokne's Commons category is recorded as 194 Prokne^[11].
• 194 Prokne's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 194 Prokne's provisional designation is recorded as A879 FA^[13].
• 194 Prokne's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1879-03-21T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 194 Prokne's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03bk36^[15].
• 194 Prokne's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000194^[16].
• 194 Prokne's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[17].
• 194 Prokne's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 194 Prokne's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.237186209798765'}^[19].
• 194 Prokne's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.85'}^[20].
• 194 Prokne's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+18.51167071951213'}^[21].
• 194 Prokne's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1547.414739924095'}^[22].
• 194 Prokne's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+15.679'}^[23].
• 194 Prokne's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+159.1911437365666'}^[24].
• 194 Prokne's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.618216376871213'}^[25].
• 194 Prokne's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.239221195734351'}^[26].
• 194 Prokne's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.997211558008075'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

194 Prokne's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Procne is named after 194 Prokne^[6].

Why It Matters

194 Prokne ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]