3198 Wallonia

Summary

3198 Wallonia is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3198 Wallonia is credited with the discovery of François Dossin^[3].
• 3198 Wallonia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 3198 Wallonia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haute-Provence Observatory^[5].
• Wallonia is named after 3198 Wallonia^[6].
• 3198 Wallonia's follows is recorded as Q301696^[7].
• 3198 Wallonia's followed by is recorded as 3199 Nefertiti^[8].
• 3198 Wallonia's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[9].
• 3198 Wallonia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 3198 Wallonia's Commons category is recorded as 3198 Wallonia^[11].
• 3198 Wallonia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 3198 Wallonia's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 YH1^[13].
• 3198 Wallonia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-12-30T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 3198 Wallonia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ykvzf^[15].
• 3198 Wallonia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003198^[16].
• 3198 Wallonia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[17].
• 3198 Wallonia's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 3198 Wallonia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.24'}^[19].
• 3198 Wallonia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2388755'}^[20].
• 3198 Wallonia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2380109369610803'}^[21].
• 3198 Wallonia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[22].
• 3198 Wallonia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.12'}^[23].
• 3198 Wallonia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.96517'}^[24].
• 3198 Wallonia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.96355524769733'}^[25].
• 3198 Wallonia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.22'}^[26].
• 3198 Wallonia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1176.406349155356'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3198 Wallonia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Wallonia is named after 3198 Wallonia^[6].

Why It Matters

3198 Wallonia ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]