222 Lucia

Summary

222 Lucia is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 222 Lucia is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 222 Lucia's image is recorded as 222Lucia (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 222 Lucia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 222 Lucia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Vienna Observatory^[6].
• Maria Lucia von Wilczek is named after 222 Lucia^[7].
• 222 Lucia's follows is recorded as 221 Eos^[8].
• 222 Lucia's followed by is recorded as 223 Rosa^[9].
• 222 Lucia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 222 Lucia's Commons category is recorded as 222 Lucia^[11].
• 222 Lucia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 222 Lucia's provisional designation is recorded as A899 EC^[13].
• 222 Lucia's provisional designation is recorded as A919 AB^[14].
• 222 Lucia's provisional designation is recorded as A882 CA^[15].
• 222 Lucia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1882-02-09T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 222 Lucia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/057zj4^[17].
• 222 Lucia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000222^[18].
• 222 Lucia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as B-type asteroid^[19].
• 222 Lucia's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 222 Lucia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1307030691841957'}^[21].
• 222 Lucia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.62'}^[22].
• 222 Lucia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.158'}^[23].
• 222 Lucia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.140803661945096'}^[24].
• 222 Lucia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2042.32406127302'}^[25].
• 222 Lucia's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+7.8371'}^[26].
• 222 Lucia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+80.0715663621488'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

222 Lucia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Maria Lucia von Wilczek is named after 222 Lucia^[7].

Why It Matters

222 Lucia ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]