2608 Seneca

Summary

2608 Seneca is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2608 Seneca is credited with the discovery of Hans-Emil Schuster^[3].
• 2608 Seneca's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2608 Seneca's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 2608 Seneca's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• Seneca is named after 2608 Seneca^[7].
• 2608 Seneca's follows is recorded as Q660270^[8].
• 2608 Seneca's followed by is recorded as 2609 Kiril-Metodi^[9].
• 2608 Seneca's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[10].
• 2608 Seneca's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 2608 Seneca's Commons category is recorded as 2608 Seneca^[12].
• 2608 Seneca's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 2608 Seneca's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 DA^[14].
• 2608 Seneca's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-02-17T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 2608 Seneca's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygczc^[16].
• 2608 Seneca's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002608^[17].
• 2608 Seneca's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[18].
• 2608 Seneca's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 2608 Seneca's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.570949'}^[20].
• 2608 Seneca's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5715437'}^[21].
• 2608 Seneca's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5646616075716824'}^[22].
• 2608 Seneca's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.52'}^[23].
• 2608 Seneca's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.48'}^[24].
• 2608 Seneca's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.68169'}^[25].
• 2608 Seneca's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.42805445672147'}^[26].
• 2608 Seneca's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.99'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4] and near-Earth object^[5].

History and Context

Seneca is named after 2608 Seneca^[7].

Why It Matters

2608 Seneca ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]