532 Herculina

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 532 Herculina is credited with the discovery of Max Wolf^[3].
• 532 Herculina's image is recorded as 532Herculina (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 532 Herculina's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 532 Herculina's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[6].
• Heracles is named after 532 Herculina^[7].
• 532 Herculina's follows is recorded as Q116282^[8].
• 532 Herculina's followed by is recorded as 533 Sara^[9].
• 532 Herculina's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 532 Herculina's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Herculina symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 532 Herculina's Commons category is recorded as 532 Herculina^[12].
• 532 Herculina's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 532 Herculina's provisional designation is recorded as A904 HE^[14].
• 532 Herculina's provisional designation is recorded as 1950 JP^[15].
• 532 Herculina's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1904-04-20T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 532 Herculina's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04v_0s^[17].
• 532 Herculina's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000532^[18].
• 532 Herculina's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[19].
• 532 Herculina's asteroid family is recorded as Koronis family^[20].
• 532 Herculina's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 532 Herculina's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1801823317193162'}^[22].
• 532 Herculina's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+5.92'}^[23].
• 532 Herculina's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.30843'}^[24].
• 532 Herculina's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.29930402906474'}^[25].
• 532 Herculina's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2655272', 'amount': '+22.9'}^[26].
• 532 Herculina's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1683.937723324537'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

532 Herculina's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Heracles is named after 532 Herculina^[7].

Why It Matters

532 Herculina ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]