458 Hercynia

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 458 Hercynia is credited with the discovery of Max Wolf^[3].
• 458 Hercynia is credited with the discovery of Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann^[4].
• 458 Hercynia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 458 Hercynia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[6].
• Hercynian Forest is named after 458 Hercynia^[7].
• 458 Hercynia's follows is recorded as Q125890^[8].
• 458 Hercynia's followed by is recorded as Q154525^[9].
• 458 Hercynia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 458 Hercynia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 458 Hercynia's provisional designation is recorded as 1900 FK^[12].
• 458 Hercynia's provisional designation is recorded as 1947 XB^[13].
• 458 Hercynia's provisional designation is recorded as A902 CA^[14].
• 458 Hercynia's provisional designation is recorded as A915 PD^[15].
• 458 Hercynia's provisional designation is recorded as 2016 FW5^[16].
• 458 Hercynia's provisional designation is recorded as A900 SD^[17].
• 458 Hercynia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1900-09-21T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 458 Hercynia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/086g_8^[19].
• 458 Hercynia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000458^[20].
• 458 Hercynia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[21].
• 458 Hercynia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as L-type asteroid^[22].
• 458 Hercynia's significant event is recorded as naming^[23].
• 458 Hercynia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2437794292137891'}^[24].
• 458 Hercynia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.77'}^[25].
• 458 Hercynia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.65959027329511'}^[26].
• 458 Hercynia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1891.201605129762'}^[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

458 Hercynia has Wikipedia articles in 38 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]