399 Persephone

Summary

399 Persephone is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 399 Persephone is credited with the discovery of Max Wolf^[3].
• 399 Persephone's image is recorded as 399Persephone (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 399 Persephone's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 399 Persephone's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[6].
• Persephone is named after 399 Persephone^[7].
• 399 Persephone's follows is recorded as Q152422^[8].
• 399 Persephone's followed by is recorded as 400 Ducrosa^[9].
• 399 Persephone's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 399 Persephone's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Persephone symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 399 Persephone's Commons category is recorded as 399 Persephone^[12].
• 399 Persephone's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 399 Persephone's provisional designation is recorded as A895 DD^[14].
• 399 Persephone's provisional designation is recorded as 1948 CC^[15].
• 399 Persephone's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1895-02-23T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 399 Persephone's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/058cpg^[17].
• 399 Persephone's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000399^[18].
• 399 Persephone's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[19].
• 399 Persephone's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 399 Persephone's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07713872203443882'}^[21].
• 399 Persephone's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.92'}^[22].
• 399 Persephone's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.082'}^[23].
• 399 Persephone's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.11542481815517'}^[24].
• 399 Persephone's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1946.298512542957'}^[25].
• 399 Persephone's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+9.136'}^[26].
• 399 Persephone's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+346.1716140934959'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

399 Persephone's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Persephone is named after 399 Persephone^[7].

Why It Matters

399 Persephone ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 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]