476 Hedwig

Summary

476 Hedwig is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 476 Hedwig is credited with the discovery of Luigi Carnera^[3].
• 476 Hedwig's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 476 Hedwig's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• 476 Hedwig's follows is recorded as 475 Ocllo^[6].
• 476 Hedwig's followed by is recorded as Q154636^[7].
• 476 Hedwig's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 476 Hedwig's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Hedwig symbol (fixed width).svg^[9].
• 476 Hedwig's Commons category is recorded as 476 Hedwig^[10].
• 476 Hedwig's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 476 Hedwig's provisional designation is recorded as 1901 GQ^[12].
• 476 Hedwig's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 PL^[13].
• 476 Hedwig's provisional designation is recorded as A901 QB^[14].
• 476 Hedwig's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1901-08-17T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 476 Hedwig's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/087z2w^[16].
• 476 Hedwig's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000476^[17].
• 476 Hedwig's asteroid spectral type is recorded as P-type asteroid^[18].
• 476 Hedwig's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[19].
• 476 Hedwig's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 476 Hedwig's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07495168995195335'}^[21].
• 476 Hedwig's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.67'}^[22].
• 476 Hedwig's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.92544808588802'}^[23].
• 476 Hedwig's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1575.495789167971'}^[24].
• 476 Hedwig's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+27.33'}^[25].
• 476 Hedwig's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+286.17763395'}^[26].
• 476 Hedwig's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.649796649377972'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

476 Hedwig's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

476 Hedwig ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]