505 Cava

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 505 Cava is credited with the discovery of Royal Harwood Frost^[3].
• 505 Cava's image is recorded as 505Cava (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 505 Cava's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 505 Cava's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Harvard Observatory, Arequipa^[6].
• Cava is named after 505 Cava^[7].
• 505 Cava's follows is recorded as Q154972^[8].
• 505 Cava's followed by is recorded as 506 Marion^[9].
• 505 Cava's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 505 Cava's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Cava symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 505 Cava's Commons category is recorded as 505 Cava^[12].
• 505 Cava's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 505 Cava's provisional designation is recorded as 1902 LL^[14].
• 505 Cava's provisional designation is recorded as 1947 WD^[15].
• 505 Cava's provisional designation is recorded as 1947 XF^[16].
• 505 Cava's provisional designation is recorded as 1963 NA^[17].
• 505 Cava's provisional designation is recorded as A904 AC^[18].
• 505 Cava's provisional designation is recorded as A902 QA^[19].
• 505 Cava's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1902-08-21T00:00:00Z^[20].
• 505 Cava's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08lw33^[21].
• 505 Cava's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000505^[22].
• 505 Cava's asteroid spectral type is recorded as F-type asteroid^[23].
• 505 Cava's significant event is recorded as naming^[24].
• 505 Cava's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2425640104572177'}^[25].
• 505 Cava's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.75'}^[26].
• 505 Cava's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.822'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

505 Cava's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Cava is named after 505 Cava^[7].

Why It Matters

505 Cava 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 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]