50 Virginia

Summary

50 Virginia is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 50 Virginia is credited with the discovery of James Ferguson^[3].
• 50 Virginia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 50 Virginia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Old Naval Observatory^[5].
• Verginia is named after 50 Virginia^[6].
• 50 Virginia's follows is recorded as 49 Pales^[7].
• 50 Virginia's followed by is recorded as 51 Nemausa^[8].
• 50 Virginia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 50 Virginia's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Virginia symbol (fixed width).svg^[10].
• 50 Virginia's Commons category is recorded as 50 Virginia^[11].
• 50 Virginia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 50 Virginia's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 LU1^[13].
• 50 Virginia's provisional designation is recorded as A900 SB^[14].
• 50 Virginia's provisional designation is recorded as A909 WA^[15].
• 50 Virginia's provisional designation is recorded as A857 TA^[16].
• 50 Virginia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1857-10-04T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 50 Virginia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/036g6b^[18].
• 50 Virginia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000050^[19].
• 50 Virginia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[20].
• 50 Virginia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[21].
• 50 Virginia's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 50 Virginia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2845556549377096'}^[23].
• 50 Virginia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.44'}^[24].
• 50 Virginia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.834'}^[25].
• 50 Virginia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.839129814712735'}^[26].
• 50 Virginia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1576.675591631411'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

50 Virginia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Verginia is named after 50 Virginia^[6].

Why It Matters

50 Virginia ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 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]