472 Roma

Summary

472 Roma is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 472 Roma is credited with the discovery of Luigi Carnera^[3].
• 472 Roma's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 472 Roma's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• Rome is named after 472 Roma^[6].
• 472 Roma's follows is recorded as 471 Papagena^[7].
• 472 Roma's followed by is recorded as 473 Nolli^[8].
• 472 Roma's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 472 Roma's Commons category is recorded as 472 Roma^[10].
• 472 Roma's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 472 Roma's provisional designation is recorded as 1901 GP^[12].
• 472 Roma's provisional designation is recorded as 1944 DO^[13].
• 472 Roma's provisional designation is recorded as A901 NA^[14].
• 472 Roma's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1901-07-11T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 472 Roma's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/086hby^[16].
• 472 Roma's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000472^[17].
• 472 Roma's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[18].
• 472 Roma's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 472 Roma's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09545802570166825'}^[20].
• 472 Roma's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.86'}^[21].
• 472 Roma's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.802'}^[22].
• 472 Roma's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.81632561597928'}^[23].
• 472 Roma's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1481.113869851953'}^[24].
• 472 Roma's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+9.8007'}^[25].
• 472 Roma's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+126.9981171961387'}^[26].
• 472 Roma's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.542884773766413'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

472 Roma's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Rome is named after 472 Roma^[6].

Why It Matters

472 Roma ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]