244 Sita

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 244 Sita is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 244 Sita's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 244 Sita's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Vienna Observatory^[5].
• Sita is named after 244 Sita^[6].
• 244 Sita's follows is recorded as 243 Ida^[7].
• 244 Sita's followed by is recorded as 245 Vera^[8].
• 244 Sita's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 244 Sita's Commons category is recorded as 244 Sita^[10].
• 244 Sita's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 244 Sita's provisional designation is recorded as 1957 KT^[12].
• 244 Sita's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 HY^[13].
• 244 Sita's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 FL3^[14].
• 244 Sita's provisional designation is recorded as A900 UA^[15].
• 244 Sita's provisional designation is recorded as A884 TA^[16].
• 244 Sita's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1884-10-14T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 244 Sita's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/057_83^[18].
• 244 Sita's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000244^[19].
• 244 Sita's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[20].
• 244 Sita's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 244 Sita's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1367639839589727'}^[22].
• 244 Sita's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.99'}^[23].
• 244 Sita's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.843'}^[24].
• 244 Sita's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.846891691942384'}^[25].
• 244 Sita's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2612219', 'amount': '+2'}^[26].
• 244 Sita's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1171.078304675008'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

244 Sita's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Sita is named after 244 Sita^[6].

Why It Matters

244 Sita ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]