312 Pierretta

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 312 Pierretta is credited with the discovery of Auguste Charlois^[3].
• 312 Pierretta's image is recorded as 312Pierretta (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 312 Pierretta's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 312 Pierretta's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Nice Observatory^[6].
• 312 Pierretta's follows is recorded as 311 Claudia^[7].
• 312 Pierretta's followed by is recorded as 313 Chaldaea^[8].
• 312 Pierretta's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 312 Pierretta's Commons category is recorded as 312 Pierretta^[10].
• 312 Pierretta's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 312 Pierretta's provisional designation is recorded as A891 QA^[12].
• 312 Pierretta's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1891-08-28T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 312 Pierretta's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/058816^[14].
• 312 Pierretta's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000312^[15].
• 312 Pierretta's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[16].
• 312 Pierretta's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 312 Pierretta's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1602749648590365'}^[18].
• 312 Pierretta's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.96'}^[19].
• 312 Pierretta's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.041'}^[20].
• 312 Pierretta's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.034451482744979'}^[21].
• 312 Pierretta's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1694.997180767248'}^[22].
• 312 Pierretta's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+10.282'}^[23].
• 312 Pierretta's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.195020746614134'}^[24].
• 312 Pierretta's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.782148895240814'}^[25].
• 312 Pierretta's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.228057711658142'}^[26].
• 312 Pierretta's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.336240078823485'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

312 Pierretta's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

312 Pierretta ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]