196 Philomela

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 196 Philomela is credited with the discovery of Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters^[3].
• 196 Philomela's image is recorded as 196Philomela (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 196 Philomela's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 196 Philomela's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Litchfield Observatory^[6].
• Philomela is named after 196 Philomela^[7].
• 196 Philomela's follows is recorded as 195 Eurykleia^[8].
• 196 Philomela's followed by is recorded as Q146473^[9].
• 196 Philomela's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 196 Philomela's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Philomela symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 196 Philomela's Commons category is recorded as 196 Philomela^[12].
• 196 Philomela's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 196 Philomela's provisional designation is recorded as 1934 JO^[14].
• 196 Philomela's provisional designation is recorded as A879 JA^[15].
• 196 Philomela's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1879-05-14T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 196 Philomela's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03bk4s^[17].
• 196 Philomela's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000196^[18].
• 196 Philomela's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[19].
• 196 Philomela's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 196 Philomela's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.01363563839092283'}^[21].
• 196 Philomela's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+6.72'}^[22].
• 196 Philomela's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.25'}^[23].
• 196 Philomela's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.261088872514434'}^[24].
• 196 Philomela's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2007.953984982659'}^[25].
• 196 Philomela's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+8.334'}^[26].
• 196 Philomela's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+72.30094816671331'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

196 Philomela's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Philomela is named after 196 Philomela^[7].

Why It Matters

196 Philomela 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 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]