287 Nephthys

Summary

287 Nephthys is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 287 Nephthys is credited with the discovery of Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters^[3].
• 287 Nephthys's image is recorded as 000287-asteroid shape model (287) Nephthys.png^[4].
• 287 Nephthys's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 287 Nephthys's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Litchfield Observatory^[6].
• Nephthys is named after 287 Nephthys^[7].
• 287 Nephthys's follows is recorded as Q110252^[8].
• 287 Nephthys's followed by is recorded as Q150264^[9].
• 287 Nephthys's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 287 Nephthys's Commons category is recorded as 287 Nephthys^[11].
• 287 Nephthys's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 287 Nephthys's provisional designation is recorded as A889 QA^[13].
• 287 Nephthys's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1889-08-25T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 287 Nephthys's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0581cb^[15].
• 287 Nephthys's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000287^[16].
• 287 Nephthys's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[17].
• 287 Nephthys's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 287 Nephthys's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.02371253124950252'}^[19].
• 287 Nephthys's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.26'}^[20].
• 287 Nephthys's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.023'}^[21].
• 287 Nephthys's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.03368070770138'}^[22].
• 287 Nephthys's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1318.28474988953'}^[23].
• 287 Nephthys's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+7.605'}^[24].
• 287 Nephthys's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+142.2291164942444'}^[25].
• 287 Nephthys's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.352920214297502'}^[26].
• 287 Nephthys's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.408713908406618'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

287 Nephthys's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Nephthys is named after 287 Nephthys^[7].

Why It Matters

287 Nephthys ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]