343 Ostara

Summary

343 Ostara is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 343 Ostara is credited with the discovery of Max Wolf^[3].
• 343 Ostara's image is recorded as 000343-asteroid shape model (343) Ostara.png^[4].
• 343 Ostara's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 343 Ostara's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[6].
• Ēostre is named after 343 Ostara^[7].
• 343 Ostara's follows is recorded as 342 Endymion^[8].
• 343 Ostara's followed by is recorded as 344 Desiderata^[9].
• 343 Ostara's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 343 Ostara's Commons category is recorded as 343 Ostara^[11].
• 343 Ostara's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 343 Ostara's provisional designation is recorded as 1892 N^[13].
• 343 Ostara's provisional designation is recorded as A892 VA^[14].
• 343 Ostara's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1892-11-15T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 343 Ostara's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0588w9^[16].
• 343 Ostara's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000343^[17].
• 343 Ostara's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[18].
• 343 Ostara's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 343 Ostara's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2295213966844216'}^[20].
• 343 Ostara's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.7'}^[21].
• 343 Ostara's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.274'}^[22].
• 343 Ostara's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.25863357618846'}^[23].
• 343 Ostara's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1367.945973643384'}^[24].
• 343 Ostara's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+109.87'}^[25].
• 343 Ostara's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+38.5796084805547'}^[26].
• 343 Ostara's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.411646666453493'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

343 Ostara's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Ēostre is named after 343 Ostara^[7].

Why It Matters

343 Ostara ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]