317 Roxane

Summary

317 Roxane is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 317 Roxane is credited with the discovery of Auguste Charlois^[3].
• 317 Roxane's image is recorded as 317 Roxane.png^[4].
• 317 Roxane's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 317 Roxane's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Nice Observatory^[6].
• Roxana is named after 317 Roxane^[7].
• 317 Roxane's follows is recorded as Q150938^[8].
• 317 Roxane's followed by is recorded as 318 Magdalena^[9].
• 317 Roxane's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 317 Roxane's Commons category is recorded as 317 Roxane^[11].
• 317 Roxane's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 317 Roxane's child astronomical body is recorded as S/2009 (317) 1^[13].
• 317 Roxane's provisional designation is recorded as A891 RD^[14].
• 317 Roxane's orbit diagram is recorded as Orbit of 317 Roxane.gif^[15].
• 317 Roxane's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1891-09-11T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 317 Roxane's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/058841^[17].
• 317 Roxane's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000317^[18].
• 317 Roxane's asteroid spectral type is recorded as E-type asteroid^[19].
• 317 Roxane's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[20].
• 317 Roxane's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 317 Roxane's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0859275980576726'}^[22].
• 317 Roxane's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.75'}^[23].
• 317 Roxane's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.763'}^[24].
• 317 Roxane's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.76611520855962'}^[25].
• 317 Roxane's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1262.903645447549'}^[26].
• 317 Roxane's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+8.169'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

317 Roxane's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Roxana is named after 317 Roxane^[7].

Why It Matters

317 Roxane ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 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]