491 Carina

Summary

491 Carina is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 491 Carina is credited with the discovery of Max Wolf^[3].
• 491 Carina's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 491 Carina's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• 491 Carina's follows is recorded as 490 Veritas^[6].
• 491 Carina's followed by is recorded as 492 Gismonda^[7].
• 491 Carina's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 491 Carina's Commons category is recorded as 491 Carina^[9].
• 491 Carina's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 491 Carina's provisional designation is recorded as 1902 JQ^[11].
• 491 Carina's provisional designation is recorded as 1928 DA1^[12].
• 491 Carina's provisional designation is recorded as 1930 QK^[13].
• 491 Carina's provisional designation is recorded as 1931 UR^[14].
• 491 Carina's provisional designation is recorded as 1942 WA^[15].
• 491 Carina's provisional designation is recorded as A894 GA^[16].
• 491 Carina's provisional designation is recorded as A902 RG^[17].
• 491 Carina's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1902-09-03T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 491 Carina's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08lvtw^[19].
• 491 Carina's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000491^[20].
• 491 Carina's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[21].
• 491 Carina's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 491 Carina's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08307576229097872'}^[23].
• 491 Carina's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.01'}^[24].
• 491 Carina's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+18.886'}^[25].
• 491 Carina's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+18.86583775512232'}^[26].
• 491 Carina's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2083.047624288191'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

491 Carina's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

491 Carina ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]