372 Palma

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 372 Palma is credited with the discovery of Auguste Charlois^[3].
• 372 Palma's image is recorded as 372Palma (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 372 Palma's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 372 Palma's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Nice Observatory^[6].
• Palma is named after 372 Palma^[7].
• 372 Palma's follows is recorded as 371 Bohemia^[8].
• 372 Palma's followed by is recorded as 373 Melusina^[9].
• 372 Palma's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 372 Palma's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Palma symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 372 Palma's Commons category is recorded as 372 Palma^[12].
• 372 Palma's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 372 Palma's provisional designation is recorded as A893 QB^[14].
• 372 Palma's provisional designation is recorded as 1940 CN^[15].
• 372 Palma's provisional designation is recorded as 1949 SP1^[16].
• 372 Palma's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1893-08-19T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 372 Palma's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/058bzx^[18].
• 372 Palma's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000372^[19].
• 372 Palma's asteroid spectral type is recorded as B-type asteroid^[20].
• 372 Palma's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 372 Palma's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2524869844505405'}^[22].
• 372 Palma's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.32'}^[23].
• 372 Palma's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.866'}^[24].
• 372 Palma's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.78069267716945'}^[25].
• 372 Palma's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2054.11492178491'}^[26].
• 372 Palma's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+8.567'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

372 Palma's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Palma is named after 372 Palma^[7].

Why It Matters

372 Palma 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 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]