212 Medea

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 212 Medea is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 212 Medea's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 212 Medea's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Pula Observatory^[5].
• Medea is named after 212 Medea^[6].
• 212 Medea's follows is recorded as 211 Isolda^[7].
• 212 Medea's followed by is recorded as Q147695^[8].
• 212 Medea's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 212 Medea's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Medea symbol (fixed width).svg^[10].
• 212 Medea's Commons category is recorded as 212 Medea^[11].
• 212 Medea's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 212 Medea's provisional designation is recorded as 1930 FW^[13].
• 212 Medea's provisional designation is recorded as A880 CA^[14].
• 212 Medea's catalog code is recorded as 1930 FW^[15].
• 212 Medea's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1880-02-06T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 212 Medea's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/057sww^[17].
• 212 Medea's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000212^[18].
• 212 Medea's asteroid spectral type is recorded as D-type asteroid^[19].
• 212 Medea's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 212 Medea's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1028754219129413'}^[21].
• 212 Medea's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.65'}^[22].
• 212 Medea's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.48'}^[23].
• 212 Medea's different from is recorded as Medea^[24].
• 212 Medea's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.265'}^[25].
• 212 Medea's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.277943618471374'}^[26].
• 212 Medea's density is recorded as {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+2'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

212 Medea's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

212 Medea's catalog code is recorded as 1930 FW^[15]. Medea is named after it^[6].

Why It Matters

212 Medea 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 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]