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278 Paulina

maisteroid
Asteroid Q150070

Facts

26 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +25
Follows
277 Elvira[4]
Followed by
279 Thule[5]
Absolute magnitude
9.38[14]
Albedo
0.247[26]
Apoapsis
3.125803661294707 au[21]
Argument of periapsis
142.01524723°[23]
Asteroid spectral type
S-type asteroid[11]
Diameter
32.773 km[25]
Discoverer or inventor
Johann Palisa[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[27]
Longitude of ascending node
61.68764625250243°[19]
Mean anomaly
54.86626236483395°[24]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.134930345963336[13]
Orbital inclination
7.825°, 7.834475290554325°[15][16]
Orbital period
1,669.502822269818 day[17]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
2.382558455221801 au[22]
Provisional designation
1959 XF, A888 KA[8][9]
Rotation period
6.497 h[18]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.754181058258254 au[20]
Significant event
naming[12]
Site of astronomical discovery
Vienna Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
May 16, 1888[10]
Time of periapsis
2,460,746.0572781516 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
278Paulina (Lightcurve Inversion).png ↗
DAMIT asteroid ID
159
Freebase ID
/m/05815w
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20000278
Minor Planet Center body ID
278
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "Paulina"]

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Asteroid spectral type 1
S-type asteroid
Discoverer or inventor 1
Johann Palisa
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
279 Thule
Followed by (predecessor) 1
279 Thule
Follows 1
277 Elvira
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
277 Elvira
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Vienna Observatory
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Summary

278 Paulina is an asteroid[1].

Related Entities

Johann Palisa

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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