46 Hestia

Summary

46 Hestia is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 46 Hestia is credited with the discovery of N. R. Pogson^[3].
• 46 Hestia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 46 Hestia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Radcliffe Observatory^[5].
• Hestia is named after 46 Hestia^[6].
• 46 Hestia's follows is recorded as 45 Eugenia^[7].
• 46 Hestia's followed by is recorded as 47 Aglaja^[8].
• 46 Hestia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 46 Hestia's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Vesta symbol (Koch, fixed width).svg^[10].
• 46 Hestia's Commons category is recorded as 46 Hestia^[11].
• 46 Hestia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 46 Hestia's provisional designation is recorded as 1935 EY^[13].
• 46 Hestia's provisional designation is recorded as A857 QA^[14].
• 46 Hestia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1857-08-16T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 46 Hestia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/036fx6^[16].
• 46 Hestia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000046^[17].
• 46 Hestia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as P-type asteroid^[18].
• 46 Hestia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[19].
• 46 Hestia's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 46 Hestia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1719292926300535'}^[21].
• 46 Hestia's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• 46 Hestia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.51'}^[23].
• 46 Hestia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.342'}^[24].
• 46 Hestia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.351324430131733'}^[25].
• 46 Hestia's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2655272', 'amount': '+3.5'}^[26].
• 46 Hestia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1466.28175268426'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

46 Hestia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Hestia is named after 46 Hestia^[6].

Why It Matters

46 Hestia ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]