52 Europa

Summary

52 Europa is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.56% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month, #23 of 4,107).^[2]

Key Facts

• 52 Europa is credited with the discovery of Hermann Goldschmidt^[3].
• 52 Europa's image is recorded as 52Eur-LB1-richfield.jpg^[4].
• 52 Europa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 52 Europa's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Paris Observatory, PSL University^[6].
• Europa is named after 52 Europa^[7].
• 52 Europa's follows is recorded as 51 Nemausa^[8].
• 52 Europa's followed by is recorded as 53 Kalypso^[9].
• 52 Europa's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 52 Europa's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Europa asteroid symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 52 Europa's Commons category is recorded as 52 Europa^[12].
• 52 Europa's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 52 Europa's provisional designation is recorded as 1948 LA^[14].
• 52 Europa's provisional designation is recorded as A858 CA^[15].
• 52 Europa's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1858-02-04T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 52 Europa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cq0x^[17].
• 52 Europa's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000052^[18].
• 52 Europa's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[19].
• 52 Europa's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 52 Europa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1120016601365777'}^[21].
• 52 Europa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+6.65'}^[22].
• 52 Europa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.466'}^[23].
• 52 Europa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.480921970305766'}^[24].
• 52 Europa's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1986.087582349041'}^[25].
• 52 Europa's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+5.6304'}^[26].
• 52 Europa's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+128.579055138481'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

52 Europa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Europa is named after 52 Europa^[7].

Why It Matters

52 Europa ranks in the top 0.56% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month, #23 of 4,107).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]