28 Bellona

Summary

28 Bellona is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 28 Bellona is credited with the discovery of Robert Luther^[3].
• 28 Bellona's image is recorded as 28Bell-LB1-mag12.jpg^[4].
• 28 Bellona's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 28 Bellona's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory^[6].
• Bellona is named after 28 Bellona^[7].
• 28 Bellona's follows is recorded as 27 Euterpe^[8].
• 28 Bellona's followed by is recorded as 29 Amphitrite^[9].
• 28 Bellona's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 28 Bellona's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Bellona symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 28 Bellona's Commons category is recorded as 28 Bellona^[12].
• 28 Bellona's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 28 Bellona's provisional designation is recorded as 1951 CC2^[14].
• 28 Bellona's provisional designation is recorded as A854 EA^[15].
• 28 Bellona's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1854-03-01T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 28 Bellona's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0364g1^[17].
• 28 Bellona's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000028^[18].
• 28 Bellona's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[19].
• 28 Bellona's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 28 Bellona's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1489864505127287'}^[21].
• 28 Bellona's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• 28 Bellona's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.23'}^[23].
• 28 Bellona's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.423244062671758'}^[24].
• 28 Bellona's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1690.553098426711'}^[25].
• 28 Bellona's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+15.706'}^[26].
• 28 Bellona's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+144.1508746942907'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

28 Bellona's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Bellona is named after 28 Bellona^[7].

Why It Matters

28 Bellona ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]