293 Brasilia

Summary

293 Brasilia is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 293 Brasilia is credited with the discovery of Auguste Charlois^[3].
• 293 Brasilia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 293 Brasilia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Nice Observatory^[5].
• Brazil is named after 293 Brasilia^[6].
• 293 Brasilia's follows is recorded as Q150359^[7].
• 293 Brasilia's followed by is recorded as Q150392^[8].
• 293 Brasilia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 293 Brasilia's Commons category is recorded as 293 Brasilia^[10].
• 293 Brasilia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 293 Brasilia's provisional designation is recorded as A909 HB^[12].
• 293 Brasilia's provisional designation is recorded as A890 KA^[13].
• 293 Brasilia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1890-05-20T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 293 Brasilia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0581hv^[15].
• 293 Brasilia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000293^[16].
• 293 Brasilia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[17].
• 293 Brasilia's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 293 Brasilia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1019569889544012'}^[19].
• 293 Brasilia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.23'}^[20].
• 293 Brasilia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.587'}^[21].
• 293 Brasilia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.60963727129941'}^[22].
• 293 Brasilia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1768.721774249892'}^[23].
• 293 Brasilia's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+8.173'}^[24].
• 293 Brasilia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+61.06577581500486'}^[25].
• 293 Brasilia's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.862248898925389'}^[26].
• 293 Brasilia's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.154075178297872'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

293 Brasilia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Brazil is named after 293 Brasilia^[6].

Why It Matters

293 Brasilia ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]