517 Edith

Summary

517 Edith is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 517 Edith is credited with the discovery of Raymond Smith Dugan^[3].
• 517 Edith's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 517 Edith's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• Edith Dugan Eveleth is named after 517 Edith^[6].
• 517 Edith followed Q155060^[7].
• 517 Edith was followed by 518 Halawe^[8].
• 517 Edith's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 517 Edith's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 517 Edith's provisional designation is recorded as A903 SK^[11].
• 517 Edith's provisional designation is recorded as 1953 VS^[12].
• 517 Edith's provisional designation is recorded as A905 BB^[13].
• 517 Edith's provisional designation is recorded as A909 XA^[14].
• 517 Edith's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1903-09-22T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 517 Edith's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[16].
• 517 Edith's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 517 Edith's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1796708166235215'}^[18].
• 517 Edith's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.65'}^[19].
• 517 Edith's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.22841009980717'}^[20].
• 517 Edith's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2047.42581012987'}^[21].
• 517 Edith's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+9.2747'}^[22].
• 517 Edith's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+273.7644745451316'}^[23].
• 517 Edith's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.155536184527052'}^[24].
• 517 Edith's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.722493947686099'}^[25].
• 517 Edith's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.588578421368005'}^[26].
• 517 Edith's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+143.9489813341812'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

517 Edith's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Edith Dugan Eveleth is named after 517 Edith^[6].

Why It Matters

517 Edith has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]