266 Aline

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 266 Aline is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 266 Aline's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 266 Aline's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Vienna Observatory^[5].
• Linda von Schuster is named after 266 Aline^[6].
• 266 Aline's follows is recorded as 265 Anna^[7].
• 266 Aline's followed by is recorded as 267 Tirza^[8].
• 266 Aline's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 266 Aline's Commons category is recorded as 266 Aline^[10].
• 266 Aline's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 266 Aline's provisional designation is recorded as A887 KA^[12].
• 266 Aline's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1887-05-17T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 266 Aline's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0580x8^[14].
• 266 Aline's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000266^[15].
• 266 Aline's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[16].
• 266 Aline's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 266 Aline's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1548463939524662'}^[18].
• 266 Aline's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.72'}^[19].
• 266 Aline's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.391'}^[20].
• 266 Aline's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.39965963483686'}^[21].
• 266 Aline's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1716.793963071404'}^[22].
• 266 Aline's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+13.018'}^[23].
• 266 Aline's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+235.80746321178'}^[24].
• 266 Aline's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.80594939129526'}^[25].
• 266 Aline's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.240440536150448'}^[26].
• 266 Aline's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.371458246440071'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

266 Aline's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Linda von Schuster is named after 266 Aline^[6].

Why It Matters

266 Aline ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]