221 Eos

Summary

221 Eos is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 221 Eos is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 221 Eos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 221 Eos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Vienna Observatory^[5].
• Eos is named after 221 Eos^[6].
• 221 Eos's follows is recorded as Q148112^[7].
• 221 Eos's followed by is recorded as 222 Lucia^[8].
• 221 Eos's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 221 Eos's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Eos symbol (fixed width).svg^[10].
• 221 Eos's Commons category is recorded as 221 Eos^[11].
• 221 Eos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 221 Eos's provisional designation is recorded as A882 BA^[13].
• 221 Eos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1882-01-18T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 221 Eos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/057zh9^[15].
• 221 Eos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000221^[16].
• 221 Eos's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[17].
• 221 Eos's asteroid spectral type is recorded as K-type asteroid^[18].
• 221 Eos's asteroid family is recorded as Eos family^[19].
• 221 Eos's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 221 Eos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1010595253952547'}^[21].
• 221 Eos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.73'}^[22].
• 221 Eos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.887'}^[23].
• 221 Eos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.89025188116619'}^[24].
• 221 Eos's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1909.822274076149'}^[25].
• 221 Eos's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+10.443'}^[26].
• 221 Eos's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+141.7101615518745'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

221 Eos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Eos is named after 221 Eos^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for 221 Eos include Eos family^[28], an asteroid family^[29].

Why It Matters

221 Eos ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include Eos family^[28], an asteroid family^[29].