206 Hersilia

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 206 Hersilia is credited with the discovery of Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters^[3].
• 206 Hersilia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 206 Hersilia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Litchfield Observatory^[5].
• Hersilia is named after 206 Hersilia^[6].
• 206 Hersilia's follows is recorded as 205 Martha^[7].
• 206 Hersilia's followed by is recorded as Q147330^[8].
• 206 Hersilia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 206 Hersilia's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Hersilia symbol (fixed width).svg^[10].
• 206 Hersilia's Commons category is recorded as 206 Hersilia^[11].
• 206 Hersilia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 206 Hersilia's provisional designation is recorded as 1961 WG^[13].
• 206 Hersilia's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 PM^[14].
• 206 Hersilia's provisional designation is recorded as A879 TC^[15].
• 206 Hersilia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1879-10-13T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 206 Hersilia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/057sgj^[17].
• 206 Hersilia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000206^[18].
• 206 Hersilia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[19].
• 206 Hersilia's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 206 Hersilia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04082946892258829'}^[21].
• 206 Hersilia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.94'}^[22].
• 206 Hersilia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.781'}^[23].
• 206 Hersilia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.780685768427134'}^[24].
• 206 Hersilia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1658.43849445557'}^[25].
• 206 Hersilia's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+11.122'}^[26].
• 206 Hersilia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+144.9955985089659'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

206 Hersilia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Hersilia is named after 206 Hersilia^[6].

Why It Matters

206 Hersilia ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]