204 Kallisto

Summary

204 Kallisto is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 204 Kallisto is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 204 Kallisto's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 204 Kallisto's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Pula Observatory^[5].
• Callisto is named after 204 Kallisto^[6].
• 204 Kallisto's follows is recorded as 203 Pompeja^[7].
• 204 Kallisto's followed by is recorded as 205 Martha^[8].
• 204 Kallisto's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 204 Kallisto's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Kallisto symbol (fixed width).svg^[10].
• 204 Kallisto's Commons category is recorded as 204 Kallisto^[11].
• 204 Kallisto's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 204 Kallisto's provisional designation is recorded as A879 TA^[13].
• 204 Kallisto's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1879-10-08T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 204 Kallisto's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/057sbq^[15].
• 204 Kallisto's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000204^[16].
• 204 Kallisto's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[17].
• 204 Kallisto's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 204 Kallisto's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1760365892209029'}^[19].
• 204 Kallisto's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.19'}^[20].
• 204 Kallisto's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.98'}^[21].
• 204 Kallisto's different from is recorded as Callisto^[22].
• 204 Kallisto's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.272'}^[23].
• 204 Kallisto's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.270719477174804'}^[24].
• 204 Kallisto's density is recorded as {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+2'}^[25].
• 204 Kallisto's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+120000000000000000'}^[26].
• 204 Kallisto's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1593.381535361562'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

204 Kallisto's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Callisto is named after 204 Kallisto^[6].

Why It Matters

204 Kallisto ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]