277 Elvira

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 277 Elvira is credited with the discovery of Auguste Charlois^[3].
• 277 Elvira's image is recorded as 277Elvira (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 277 Elvira's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 277 Elvira's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Nice Observatory^[6].
• Elvira is named after 277 Elvira^[7].
• 277 Elvira's follows is recorded as 276 Adelheid^[8].
• 277 Elvira's followed by is recorded as 278 Paulina^[9].
• 277 Elvira's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 277 Elvira's Commons category is recorded as 277 Elvira^[11].
• 277 Elvira's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 277 Elvira's provisional designation is recorded as A888 JA^[13].
• 277 Elvira's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1888-05-03T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 277 Elvira's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/058153^[15].
• 277 Elvira's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000277^[16].
• 277 Elvira's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[17].
• 277 Elvira's asteroid family is recorded as Koronis family^[18].
• 277 Elvira's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 277 Elvira's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09156187209411117'}^[20].
• 277 Elvira's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.86'}^[21].
• 277 Elvira's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.156'}^[22].
• 277 Elvira's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.166345989688805'}^[23].
• 277 Elvira's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1789.738850798446'}^[24].
• 277 Elvira's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+29.69'}^[25].
• 277 Elvira's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+230.9964590181166'}^[26].
• 277 Elvira's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.884878270569087'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

277 Elvira's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Elvira is named after 277 Elvira^[7].

Why It Matters

277 Elvira ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]