281 Lucretia

Summary

281 Lucretia is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 281 Lucretia is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 281 Lucretia's image is recorded as 281Lucretia (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 281 Lucretia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 281 Lucretia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Vienna Observatory^[6].
• Caroline Herschel is named after 281 Lucretia^[7].
• 281 Lucretia's follows is recorded as Q150116^[8].
• 281 Lucretia's followed by is recorded as Q150164^[9].
• 281 Lucretia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 281 Lucretia's part of is recorded as Flora family^[11].
• 281 Lucretia's Commons category is recorded as 281 Lucretia^[12].
• 281 Lucretia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 281 Lucretia's provisional designation is recorded as 1948 EK^[14].
• 281 Lucretia's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 JX^[15].
• 281 Lucretia's provisional designation is recorded as A906 FD^[16].
• 281 Lucretia's provisional designation is recorded as A888 UC^[17].
• 281 Lucretia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1888-10-31T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 281 Lucretia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/058186^[19].
• 281 Lucretia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000281^[20].
• 281 Lucretia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[21].
• 281 Lucretia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[22].
• 281 Lucretia's significant event is recorded as naming^[23].
• 281 Lucretia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1322924415399769'}^[24].
• 281 Lucretia's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.39'}^[25].
• 281 Lucretia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.05'}^[26].
• 281 Lucretia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.308'}^[27].

Body

Geography

281 Lucretia's part of is recorded as Flora family^[11].

Designation and Status

281 Lucretia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Caroline Herschel is named after 281 Lucretia^[7].

Why It Matters

281 Lucretia ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]