442 Eichsfeldia

main-belt asteroid
Thing asteroid Q154016
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442 Eichsfeldia

Summary

442 Eichsfeldia is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 38 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 442 Eichsfeldia is credited with the discovery of Max Wolf[3].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia is credited with the discovery of Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann[4].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory[6].
  • Eichsfeld is named after 442 Eichsfeldia[7].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's follows is recorded as 441 Bathilde[8].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's followed by is recorded as 443 Photographica[9].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[10].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[11].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's provisional designation is recorded as A899 CA[12].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's provisional designation is recorded as A892 FA[13].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1899-02-15T00:00:00Z[14].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/059ykq[15].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000442[16].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid[17].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's significant event is recorded as naming[18].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07073874496497745'}[19].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.96'}[20].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.062'}[21].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.068254580887017'}[22].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2612219', 'amount': '+195'}[23].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1312.105009338451'}[24].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+11.871'}[25].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+134.7783668027622'}[26].
  • 442 Eichsfeldia's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.345561247565278'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Max Wolf[3], an astronomer[28], 1863–1932[29], of Germany[30], awarded the Prix Jules Janssen[31], specialised in astrophotography[32] and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann[4], an astronomer[33], 1870–1964[34], of Germany[35], specialised in astronomy[36].

Why It Matters

442 Eichsfeldia has Wikipedia articles in 38 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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