251 Sophia

Summary

251 Sophia is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 251 Sophia is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 251 Sophia's image is recorded as 000251-asteroid shape model (251) Sophia.png^[4].
• 251 Sophia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 251 Sophia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Vienna Observatory^[6].
• Sophie von Seeliger is named after 251 Sophia^[7].
• 251 Sophia's follows is recorded as 250 Bettina^[8].
• 251 Sophia's followed by is recorded as 252 Clementina^[9].
• 251 Sophia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 251 Sophia's Commons category is recorded as 251 Sophia^[11].
• 251 Sophia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 251 Sophia's provisional designation is recorded as 1950 RH1^[13].
• 251 Sophia's provisional designation is recorded as 1953 FN1^[14].
• 251 Sophia's provisional designation is recorded as A907 UA^[15].
• 251 Sophia's provisional designation is recorded as A885 TA^[16].
• 251 Sophia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1885-10-04T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 251 Sophia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0580j6^[18].
• 251 Sophia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000251^[19].
• 251 Sophia's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 251 Sophia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0933634161966856'}^[21].
• 251 Sophia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.96'}^[22].
• 251 Sophia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.527'}^[23].
• 251 Sophia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.54878900644734'}^[24].
• 251 Sophia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1992.716070666555'}^[25].
• 251 Sophia's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+20.216'}^[26].
• 251 Sophia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+155.8503581053047'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

251 Sophia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Sophie von Seeliger is named after 251 Sophia^[7].

Why It Matters

251 Sophia ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]