403 Cyane

Summary

403 Cyane is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 403 Cyane is credited with the discovery of Auguste Charlois^[3].
• 403 Cyane's image is recorded as 403Cyane (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 403 Cyane's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 403 Cyane's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Nice Observatory^[6].
• Cyane is named after 403 Cyane^[7].
• 403 Cyane's follows is recorded as 402 Chloë^[8].
• 403 Cyane's followed by is recorded as 404 Arsinoë^[9].
• 403 Cyane's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 403 Cyane's Commons category is recorded as 403 Cyane^[11].
• 403 Cyane's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 403 Cyane's provisional designation is recorded as 1895 BX^[13].
• 403 Cyane's provisional designation is recorded as A895 KA^[14].
• 403 Cyane's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1895-05-18T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 403 Cyane's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/059xv2^[16].
• 403 Cyane's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000403^[17].
• 403 Cyane's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[18].
• 403 Cyane's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 403 Cyane's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09785058202536019'}^[20].
• 403 Cyane's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.03'}^[21].
• 403 Cyane's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.154'}^[22].
• 403 Cyane's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.153301225360801'}^[23].
• 403 Cyane's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1721.908085271816'}^[24].
• 403 Cyane's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+12.283'}^[25].
• 403 Cyane's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+244.3215886788893'}^[26].
• 403 Cyane's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.811519018297326'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

403 Cyane's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Cyane is named after 403 Cyane^[7].

Why It Matters

403 Cyane ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]