259 Aletheia

Summary

259 Aletheia is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 259 Aletheia is credited with the discovery of Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters^[3].
• 259 Aletheia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 259 Aletheia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Litchfield Observatory^[5].
• Aletheia is named after 259 Aletheia^[6].
• 259 Aletheia's follows is recorded as Q149598^[7].
• 259 Aletheia's followed by is recorded as 260 Huberta^[8].
• 259 Aletheia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 259 Aletheia's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Aletheia symbol (fixed width).svg^[10].
• 259 Aletheia's Commons category is recorded as 259 Aletheia^[11].
• 259 Aletheia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 259 Aletheia's provisional designation is recorded as 1947 LD^[13].
• 259 Aletheia's provisional designation is recorded as A886 MA^[14].
• 259 Aletheia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1886-06-28T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 259 Aletheia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0580px^[16].
• 259 Aletheia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000259^[17].
• 259 Aletheia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[18].
• 259 Aletheia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[19].
• 259 Aletheia's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 259 Aletheia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1299692665783229'}^[21].
• 259 Aletheia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.81'}^[22].
• 259 Aletheia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.815'}^[23].
• 259 Aletheia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.80839047869475'}^[24].
• 259 Aletheia's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2655272', 'amount': '+7.79'}^[25].
• 259 Aletheia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2026.047509416458'}^[26].
• 259 Aletheia's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+8.143'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

259 Aletheia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Aletheia is named after 259 Aletheia^[6].

Why It Matters

259 Aletheia ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]