233 Asterope

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 233 Asterope is credited with the discovery of Alphonse Borrelly^[3].
• 233 Asterope's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 233 Asterope's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Marseille Observatory^[5].
• Sterope is named after 233 Asterope^[6].
• 233 Asterope's follows is recorded as Q148685^[7].
• 233 Asterope's followed by is recorded as 234 Barbara^[8].
• 233 Asterope's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 233 Asterope's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Asterope asteroid symbol (fixed width).svg^[10].
• 233 Asterope's Commons category is recorded as 233 Asterope^[11].
• 233 Asterope's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 233 Asterope's provisional designation is recorded as A883 JA^[13].
• 233 Asterope's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1883-05-11T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 233 Asterope's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/057zx6^[15].
• 233 Asterope's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000233^[16].
• 233 Asterope's asteroid spectral type is recorded as T-type asteroid^[17].
• 233 Asterope's asteroid spectral type is recorded as K-type asteroid^[18].
• 233 Asterope's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 233 Asterope's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1016407593045489'}^[20].
• 233 Asterope's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• 233 Asterope's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.43'}^[22].
• 233 Asterope's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.675'}^[23].
• 233 Asterope's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.6907313628083'}^[24].
• 233 Asterope's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1583.522972897137'}^[25].
• 233 Asterope's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+19.694'}^[26].
• 233 Asterope's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+221.9110451038191'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

233 Asterope's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Sterope is named after 233 Asterope^[6].

Why It Matters

233 Asterope 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 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]