55 Pandora

Summary

55 Pandora is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 55 Pandora is credited with the discovery of George Mary Searle^[3].
• 55 Pandora's image is recorded as 55Pandora (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 55 Pandora's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 55 Pandora's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Dudley Observatory^[6].
• Pandora is named after 55 Pandora^[7].
• 55 Pandora's follows is recorded as Q155338^[8].
• 55 Pandora's followed by is recorded as 56 Melete^[9].
• 55 Pandora's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 55 Pandora's astronomic symbol image is recorded as 55 Pandora symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 55 Pandora's Commons category is recorded as 55 Pandora^[12].
• 55 Pandora's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 55 Pandora's provisional designation is recorded as A858 RB^[14].
• 55 Pandora's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1858-09-10T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 55 Pandora's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/036n99^[16].
• 55 Pandora's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000055^[17].
• 55 Pandora's asteroid spectral type is recorded as M-type asteroid^[18].
• 55 Pandora's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[19].
• 55 Pandora's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 55 Pandora's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1450625784543005'}^[21].
• 55 Pandora's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.84'}^[22].
• 55 Pandora's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.185'}^[23].
• 55 Pandora's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.176481151489935'}^[24].
• 55 Pandora's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2612219', 'amount': '+310'}^[25].
• 55 Pandora's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1672.839763945223'}^[26].
• 55 Pandora's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+4.804'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

55 Pandora's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Pandora is named after 55 Pandora^[7].

Why It Matters

55 Pandora ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]