43 Ariadne

Summary

43 Ariadne is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 43 Ariadne is credited with the discovery of N. R. Pogson^[3].
• 43 Ariadne's image is recorded as 43Ariadne (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 43 Ariadne's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 43 Ariadne's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Radcliffe Observatory^[6].
• Ariadne is named after 43 Ariadne^[7].
• 43 Ariadne's follows is recorded as 42 Isis^[8].
• 43 Ariadne's followed by is recorded as 44 Nysa^[9].
• 43 Ariadne's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 43 Ariadne's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Ariadne symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 43 Ariadne's Commons category is recorded as 43 Ariadne^[12].
• 43 Ariadne's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 43 Ariadne's provisional designation is recorded as A857 GA^[14].
• 43 Ariadne's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1857-04-15T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 43 Ariadne's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/036fnl^[16].
• 43 Ariadne's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000043^[17].
• 43 Ariadne's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[18].
• 43 Ariadne's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 43 Ariadne's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1681473238686005'}^[20].
• 43 Ariadne's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• 43 Ariadne's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.94'}^[22].
• 43 Ariadne's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.464'}^[23].
• 43 Ariadne's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.470553258457401'}^[24].
• 43 Ariadne's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1194.707352466384'}^[25].
• 43 Ariadne's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+5.76218'}^[26].
• 43 Ariadne's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+264.7472674613991'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

43 Ariadne's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Ariadne is named after 43 Ariadne^[7].

Why It Matters

43 Ariadne ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]