256 Walpurga

Summary

256 Walpurga is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 256 Walpurga is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 256 Walpurga's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 256 Walpurga's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Vienna Observatory^[5].
• Saint Walpurga is named after 256 Walpurga^[6].
• 256 Walpurga's follows is recorded as Q110370^[7].
• 256 Walpurga's followed by is recorded as 257 Silesia^[8].
• 256 Walpurga's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 256 Walpurga's Commons category is recorded as 256 Walpurga^[10].
• 256 Walpurga's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 256 Walpurga's provisional designation is recorded as 1951 VJ^[12].
• 256 Walpurga's provisional designation is recorded as A886 GA^[13].
• 256 Walpurga's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1886-04-03T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 256 Walpurga's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0580nn^[15].
• 256 Walpurga's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000256^[16].
• 256 Walpurga's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 256 Walpurga's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.063050192599672'}^[18].
• 256 Walpurga's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[19].
• 256 Walpurga's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.92'}^[20].
• 256 Walpurga's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.322'}^[21].
• 256 Walpurga's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.2974611332404'}^[22].
• 256 Walpurga's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1900.56839824163'}^[23].
• 256 Walpurga's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+16.664'}^[24].
• 256 Walpurga's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+182.5846961612748'}^[25].
• 256 Walpurga's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.002779101119442'}^[26].
• 256 Walpurga's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.192104901779293'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

256 Walpurga's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Saint Walpurga is named after 256 Walpurga^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for 256 Walpurga include Walburga Black^[28], a wizard in the Harry Potter universe^[29].

Why It Matters

256 Walpurga ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include Walburga Black^[28], a wizard in the Harry Potter universe^[29].