344 Desiderata

Summary

344 Desiderata is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 344 Desiderata is credited with the discovery of Auguste Charlois^[3].
• 344 Desiderata's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 344 Desiderata's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Nice Observatory^[5].
• Désirée Clary is named after 344 Desiderata^[6].
• 344 Desiderata's follows is recorded as 343 Ostara^[7].
• 344 Desiderata's followed by is recorded as 345 Tercidina^[8].
• 344 Desiderata's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 344 Desiderata's Commons category is recorded as 344 Desiderata^[10].
• 344 Desiderata's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 344 Desiderata's provisional designation is recorded as 1892 M^[12].
• 344 Desiderata's provisional designation is recorded as A892 WA^[13].
• 344 Desiderata's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1892-11-15T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 344 Desiderata's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0588x1^[15].
• 344 Desiderata's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000344^[16].
• 344 Desiderata's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[17].
• 344 Desiderata's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 344 Desiderata's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3138474551587517'}^[19].
• 344 Desiderata's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.3'}^[20].
• 344 Desiderata's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+18.355'}^[21].
• 344 Desiderata's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+18.35133398246353'}^[22].
• 344 Desiderata's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1528.094408892286'}^[23].
• 344 Desiderata's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+10.747'}^[24].
• 344 Desiderata's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+47.99341869571736'}^[25].
• 344 Desiderata's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.596377517754088'}^[26].
• 344 Desiderata's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.411243994332605'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

344 Desiderata's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Désirée Clary is named after 344 Desiderata^[6].

Why It Matters

344 Desiderata ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 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]