426 Hippo

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 426 Hippo is credited with the discovery of Auguste Charlois^[3].
• 426 Hippo's image is recorded as Orbit of 426 Hippo.gif^[4].
• 426 Hippo's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 426 Hippo's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Nice Observatory^[6].
• Hippo Regius is named after 426 Hippo^[7].
• 426 Hippo's follows is recorded as 425 Cornelia^[8].
• 426 Hippo's followed by is recorded as 427 Galene^[9].
• 426 Hippo's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 426 Hippo's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Hippo symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 426 Hippo's Commons category is recorded as 426 Hippo^[12].
• 426 Hippo's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 426 Hippo's provisional designation is recorded as 1897 DH^[14].
• 426 Hippo's provisional designation is recorded as A897 RA^[15].
• 426 Hippo's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1897-08-25T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 426 Hippo's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/059y8c^[17].
• 426 Hippo's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000426^[18].
• 426 Hippo's asteroid spectral type is recorded as F-type asteroid^[19].
• 426 Hippo's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 426 Hippo's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1065754334263703'}^[21].
• 426 Hippo's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.56'}^[22].
• 426 Hippo's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.4779'}^[23].
• 426 Hippo's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.50207272631859'}^[24].
• 426 Hippo's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1791.518660718657'}^[25].
• 426 Hippo's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+67.52'}^[26].
• 426 Hippo's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+311.3081287178466'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

426 Hippo's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Hippo Regius is named after 426 Hippo^[7].

Why It Matters

426 Hippo ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 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]