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246 Asporina

main-belt asteroid
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246 Asporina

Summary

246 Asporina is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 44 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 246 Asporina is credited with the discovery of Alphonse Borrelly[3].
  • 246 Asporina's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 246 Asporina's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Marseille Observatory[5].
  • Cybele is named after 246 Asporina[6].
  • 246 Asporina followed 245 Vera[7].
  • 246 Asporina was followed by 247 Eukrate[8].
  • 246 Asporina's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • 246 Asporina's Commons category is recorded as 246 Asporina[10].
  • 246 Asporina's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[11].
  • 246 Asporina's provisional designation is recorded as A885 EA[12].
  • 246 Asporina's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1885-03-06T00:00:00Z[13].
  • 246 Asporina's asteroid spectral type is recorded as A-type asteroid[14].
  • 246 Asporina's significant event is recorded as naming[15].
  • 246 Asporina's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1069881773316435'}[16].
  • 246 Asporina's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • 246 Asporina's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.63'}[18].
  • 246 Asporina's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+15.645'}[19].
  • 246 Asporina's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+15.62092577050486'}[20].
  • 246 Asporina's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1618.155509137233'}[21].
  • 246 Asporina's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+16.222'}[22].
  • 246 Asporina's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+162.1459802250031'}[23].
  • 246 Asporina's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.697415732644425'}[24].
  • 246 Asporina's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.986007325385752'}[25].
  • 246 Asporina's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.408824139903098'}[26].
  • 246 Asporina's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+96.84077903015746'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

246 Asporina's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Origins

Cybele is named after 246 Asporina[6].

Why It Matters

246 Asporina has Wikipedia articles in 44 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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