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201 Penelope

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201 Penelope

Summary

201 Penelope is an asteroid[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 201 Penelope is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa[3].
  • 201 Penelope's image is recorded as 201Penelope (Lightcurve Inversion).png[4].
  • 201 Penelope's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • 201 Penelope's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Pula Observatory[6].
  • Penelope is named after 201 Penelope[7].
  • 201 Penelope's follows is recorded as 200 Dynamene[8].
  • 201 Penelope's followed by is recorded as 202 Chryseïs[9].
  • 201 Penelope's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[10].
  • 201 Penelope's Commons category is recorded as 201 Penelope[11].
  • 201 Penelope's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[12].
  • 201 Penelope's provisional designation is recorded as A869 GA[13].
  • 201 Penelope's provisional designation is recorded as A879 PA[14].
  • 201 Penelope's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1879-08-07T00:00:00Z[15].
  • 201 Penelope's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03n1bg[16].
  • 201 Penelope's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000201[17].
  • 201 Penelope's asteroid spectral type is recorded as M-type asteroid[18].
  • 201 Penelope's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid[19].
  • 201 Penelope's significant event is recorded as naming[20].
  • 201 Penelope's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1801124222059728'}[21].
  • 201 Penelope's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.57'}[22].
  • 201 Penelope's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.761'}[23].
  • 201 Penelope's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.760729795900745'}[24].
  • 201 Penelope's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1603.285266736843'}[25].
  • 201 Penelope's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+3.7474'}[26].
  • 201 Penelope's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+156.7873052415613'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

201 Penelope's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].

History and Context

Penelope is named after 201 Penelope[7].

Why It Matters

201 Penelope ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Johann Palisa

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (Sixth Revised and Enlarged Edition). wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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