516 Amherstia

Summary

516 Amherstia is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 39 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 516 Amherstia is credited with the discovery of Raymond Smith Dugan^[3].
• 516 Amherstia's image is recorded as 516Amherstia (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 516 Amherstia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 516 Amherstia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[6].
• Amherst College is named after 516 Amherstia^[7].
• 516 Amherstia's follows is recorded as Q155044^[8].
• 516 Amherstia's followed by is recorded as Q155062^[9].
• 516 Amherstia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 516 Amherstia's Commons category is recorded as 516 Amherstia^[11].
• 516 Amherstia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 516 Amherstia's provisional designation is recorded as A903 SG^[13].
• 516 Amherstia's provisional designation is recorded as 1938 YO^[14].
• 516 Amherstia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1903-09-20T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 516 Amherstia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03l_kt^[16].
• 516 Amherstia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000516^[17].
• 516 Amherstia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as M-type asteroid^[18].
• 516 Amherstia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[19].
• 516 Amherstia's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 516 Amherstia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.275624964344158'}^[21].
• 516 Amherstia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.36'}^[22].
• 516 Amherstia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.956'}^[23].
• 516 Amherstia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+12.95474983519519'}^[24].
• 516 Amherstia's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2612219', 'amount': '+410'}^[25].
• 516 Amherstia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1600.471737177676'}^[26].
• 516 Amherstia's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+7.4842'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

516 Amherstia is credited with the discovery of Raymond Smith Dugan^[3].

Why It Matters

516 Amherstia has Wikipedia articles in 39 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]