231 Vindobona

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 231 Vindobona is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 231 Vindobona's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 231 Vindobona's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Vienna Observatory^[5].
• Vienna is named after 231 Vindobona^[6].
• 231 Vindobona's follows is recorded as 230 Athamantis^[7].
• 231 Vindobona's followed by is recorded as Q148685^[8].
• 231 Vindobona's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 231 Vindobona's Commons category is recorded as 231 Vindobona^[10].
• 231 Vindobona's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 231 Vindobona's provisional designation is recorded as 1962 UJ^[12].
• 231 Vindobona's provisional designation is recorded as A882 RB^[13].
• 231 Vindobona's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1882-09-10T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 231 Vindobona's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/057zvm^[15].
• 231 Vindobona's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000231^[16].
• 231 Vindobona's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 231 Vindobona's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1572968599037637'}^[18].
• 231 Vindobona's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.69'}^[19].
• 231 Vindobona's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.102'}^[20].
• 231 Vindobona's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.089733471709631'}^[21].
• 231 Vindobona's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1820.595819457115'}^[22].
• 231 Vindobona's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+14.245'}^[23].
• 231 Vindobona's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+350.310431651006'}^[24].
• 231 Vindobona's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.917942589167606'}^[25].
• 231 Vindobona's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.376925795823129'}^[26].
• 231 Vindobona's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.458959382512084'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

231 Vindobona's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Vienna is named after 231 Vindobona^[6].

Why It Matters

231 Vindobona ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]