209 Dido

Summary

209 Dido is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 209 Dido is credited with the discovery of Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters^[3].
• 209 Dido's image is recorded as 000209-asteroid shape model (209) Dido.png^[4].
• 209 Dido's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 209 Dido's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Litchfield Observatory^[6].
• Dido is named after 209 Dido^[7].
• 209 Dido's follows is recorded as 208 Lacrimosa^[8].
• 209 Dido's followed by is recorded as 210 Isabella^[9].
• 209 Dido's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 209 Dido's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Dido symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 209 Dido's Commons category is recorded as 209 Dido^[12].
• 209 Dido's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 209 Dido's provisional designation is recorded as A909 AB^[14].
• 209 Dido's provisional designation is recorded as A909 GB^[15].
• 209 Dido's provisional designation is recorded as A912 RB^[16].
• 209 Dido's provisional designation is recorded as A879 UC^[17].
• 209 Dido's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1879-10-22T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 209 Dido's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/057snh^[19].
• 209 Dido's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000209^[20].
• 209 Dido's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[21].
• 209 Dido's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[22].
• 209 Dido's significant event is recorded as naming^[23].
• 209 Dido's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05328455831490172'}^[24].
• 209 Dido's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.3'}^[25].
• 209 Dido's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.181'}^[26].
• 209 Dido's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.165048850097697'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

209 Dido's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Dido is named after 209 Dido^[7].

Why It Matters

209 Dido ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]