278 Paulina

Summary

278 Paulina is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 278 Paulina is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 278 Paulina's image is recorded as 278Paulina (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 278 Paulina's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 278 Paulina's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Vienna Observatory^[6].
• 278 Paulina's follows is recorded as 277 Elvira^[7].
• 278 Paulina's followed by is recorded as 279 Thule^[8].
• 278 Paulina's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 278 Paulina's Commons category is recorded as 278 Paulina^[10].
• 278 Paulina's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 278 Paulina's provisional designation is recorded as 1959 XF^[12].
• 278 Paulina's provisional designation is recorded as A888 KA^[13].
• 278 Paulina's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1888-05-16T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 278 Paulina's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05815w^[15].
• 278 Paulina's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000278^[16].
• 278 Paulina's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[17].
• 278 Paulina's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 278 Paulina's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.134930345963336'}^[19].
• 278 Paulina's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.38'}^[20].
• 278 Paulina's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.825'}^[21].
• 278 Paulina's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.834475290554325'}^[22].
• 278 Paulina's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1669.502822269818'}^[23].
• 278 Paulina's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+6.497'}^[24].
• 278 Paulina's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+61.68764625250243'}^[25].
• 278 Paulina's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.754181058258254'}^[26].
• 278 Paulina's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.125803661294707'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

278 Paulina's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

278 Paulina ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]