34 Circe

Summary

34 Circe is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 34 Circe is credited with the discovery of Jean Chacornac^[3].
• 34 Circe's image is recorded as 34Circe (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 34 Circe's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 34 Circe's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Paris Observatory, PSL University^[6].
• Circe is named after 34 Circe^[7].
• 34 Circe's follows is recorded as 33 Polyhymnia^[8].
• 34 Circe's followed by is recorded as 35 Leukothea^[9].
• 34 Circe's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 34 Circe's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Circe symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 34 Circe's Commons category is recorded as 34 Circe^[12].
• 34 Circe's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 34 Circe's provisional designation is recorded as 1965 JL^[14].
• 34 Circe's provisional designation is recorded as A855 GA^[15].
• 34 Circe's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1855-04-06T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 34 Circe's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0365dn^[17].
• 34 Circe's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000034^[18].
• 34 Circe's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[19].
• 34 Circe's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 34 Circe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1067839997222784'}^[21].
• 34 Circe's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.77'}^[22].
• 34 Circe's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.498'}^[23].
• 34 Circe's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.495879500166094'}^[24].
• 34 Circe's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1609.635566708381'}^[25].
• 34 Circe's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+12.15'}^[26].
• 34 Circe's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+184.2941995909926'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

34 Circe's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Circe is named after 34 Circe^[7].

Why It Matters

34 Circe ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]