28516 Möbius

Summary

28516 Möbius is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 28516 Möbius is credited with the discovery of Paul G. Comba^[3].
• 28516 Möbius's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 28516 Möbius's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Prescott Observatory^[5].
• August Ferdinand Möbius is named after 28516 Möbius^[6].
• 28516 Möbius's follows is recorded as (28515) 2000 DK3^[7].
• 28516 Möbius's followed by is recorded as (28517) 2000 DD7^[8].
• 28516 Möbius's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 28516 Möbius's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 28516 Möbius's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 AA137^[11].
• 28516 Möbius's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 DQ3^[12].
• 28516 Möbius's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-02-27T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 28516 Möbius's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/043myk3^[14].
• 28516 Möbius's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20028516^[15].
• 28516 Möbius's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 28516 Möbius's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09'}^[17].
• 28516 Möbius's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0869474'}^[18].
• 28516 Möbius's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08385986130612809'}^[19].
• 28516 Möbius's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[20].
• 28516 Möbius's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.73'}^[21].
• 28516 Möbius's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.53749'}^[22].
• 28516 Möbius's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.536514686004406'}^[23].
• 28516 Möbius's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.3'}^[24].
• 28516 Möbius's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1572.263038310921'}^[25].
• 28516 Möbius's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+337.59577'}^[26].
• 28516 Möbius's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+337.3878780003124'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

28516 Möbius's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

August Ferdinand Möbius is named after 28516 Möbius^[6].

Why It Matters

28516 Möbius ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]