257 Silesia

Summary

257 Silesia is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 257 Silesia is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 257 Silesia's image is recorded as 257Silesia (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 257 Silesia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 257 Silesia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Vienna Observatory^[6].
• Silesia is named after 257 Silesia^[7].
• 257 Silesia's follows is recorded as 256 Walpurga^[8].
• 257 Silesia's followed by is recorded as Q149598^[9].
• 257 Silesia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 257 Silesia's Commons category is recorded as 257 Silesia^[11].
• 257 Silesia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 257 Silesia's provisional designation is recorded as 1929 DD^[13].
• 257 Silesia's provisional designation is recorded as 1952 FL1^[14].
• 257 Silesia's provisional designation is recorded as 1952 HU^[15].
• 257 Silesia's provisional designation is recorded as A886 GB^[16].
• 257 Silesia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1886-04-05T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 257 Silesia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0580p1^[18].
• 257 Silesia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000257^[19].
• 257 Silesia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[20].
• 257 Silesia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[21].
• 257 Silesia's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 257 Silesia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1124045882932608'}^[23].
• 257 Silesia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.69'}^[24].
• 257 Silesia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.648'}^[25].
• 257 Silesia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.61200606967121'}^[26].
• 257 Silesia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2012.212444247866'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

257 Silesia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Silesia is named after 257 Silesia^[7].

Why It Matters

257 Silesia ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]