249 Ilse

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 249 Ilse is credited with the discovery of Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters^[3].
• 249 Ilse's image is recorded as 000249-asteroid shape model (249) Ilse.png^[4].
• 249 Ilse's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 249 Ilse's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Litchfield Observatory^[6].
• Princess Ilse is named after 249 Ilse^[7].
• 249 Ilse's follows is recorded as Q149175^[8].
• 249 Ilse's followed by is recorded as 250 Bettina^[9].
• 249 Ilse's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 249 Ilse's Commons category is recorded as 249 Ilse^[11].
• 249 Ilse's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 249 Ilse's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 PB^[13].
• 249 Ilse's provisional designation is recorded as A885 QA^[14].
• 249 Ilse's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1885-08-16T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 249 Ilse's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/057_cy^[16].
• 249 Ilse's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000249^[17].
• 249 Ilse's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 249 Ilse's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2172997354191959'}^[19].
• 249 Ilse's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.42'}^[20].
• 249 Ilse's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.629'}^[21].
• 249 Ilse's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.6209249444182'}^[22].
• 249 Ilse's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1339.688912942064'}^[23].
• 249 Ilse's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+84.94'}^[24].
• 249 Ilse's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+334.6530826717888'}^[25].
• 249 Ilse's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.378320381025406'}^[26].
• 249 Ilse's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.895128770564309'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

249 Ilse's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Princess Ilse is named after 249 Ilse^[7].

Why It Matters

249 Ilse ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]