49 Pales

Summary

49 Pales is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 49 Pales is credited with the discovery of Hermann Goldschmidt^[3].
• 49 Pales's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 49 Pales's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Latin Quarter^[5].
• 49 Pales's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Paris Observatory, PSL University^[6].
• Pales is named after 49 Pales^[7].
• 49 Pales's follows is recorded as 48 Doris^[8].
• 49 Pales's followed by is recorded as 50 Virginia^[9].
• 49 Pales's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 49 Pales's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Pales symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 49 Pales's Commons category is recorded as 49 Pales^[12].
• 49 Pales's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 49 Pales's provisional designation is recorded as 1947 FG^[14].
• 49 Pales's provisional designation is recorded as 1950 XJ^[15].
• 49 Pales's provisional designation is recorded as 1954 MF^[16].
• 49 Pales's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 VU7^[17].
• 49 Pales's provisional designation is recorded as A908 AF^[18].
• 49 Pales's provisional designation is recorded as A857 SB^[19].
• 49 Pales's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1857-09-19T00:00:00Z^[20].
• 49 Pales's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/036f_5^[21].
• 49 Pales's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000049^[22].
• 49 Pales's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[23].
• 49 Pales's significant event is recorded as naming^[24].
• 49 Pales's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2214743523819258'}^[25].
• 49 Pales's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[26].
• 49 Pales's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.0'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

49 Pales's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Pales is named after 49 Pales^[7].

Why It Matters

49 Pales ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]