3518 Florena

Summary

3518 Florena is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3518 Florena is credited with the discovery of Nikolai Chernykh^[3].
• 3518 Florena's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 3518 Florena's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• Pavel Florensky is named after 3518 Florena^[6].
• Kirill Florensky is named after 3518 Florena^[7].
• 3518 Florena's follows is recorded as 3517 Tatianicheva^[8].
• 3518 Florena's followed by is recorded as Q151748^[9].
• 3518 Florena's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 3518 Florena's Commons category is recorded as 3518 Florena^[11].
• 3518 Florena's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 3518 Florena's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 QC4^[13].
• 3518 Florena's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 UD3^[14].
• 3518 Florena's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-08-18T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 3518 Florena's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y26rb^[16].
• 3518 Florena's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003518^[17].
• 3518 Florena's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 3518 Florena's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[19].
• 3518 Florena's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1782162'}^[20].
• 3518 Florena's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1776699774240845'}^[21].
• 3518 Florena's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.4'}^[22].
• 3518 Florena's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.5'}^[23].
• 3518 Florena's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.91263'}^[24].
• 3518 Florena's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.91308630135002'}^[25].
• 3518 Florena's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.37'}^[26].
• 3518 Florena's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1598.554098876648'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3518 Florena's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Things named after include Pavel Florensky^[6], a mathematician^[28], 1882–1937^[29], of Russian Empire^[30], specialised in philosophy^[31] and Kirill Florensky^[7], an astronomer^[32], 1915–1982^[33], of Russian Empire^[34], awarded the Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"^[35], specialised in geochemistry^[36].

Why It Matters

3518 Florena ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]