56 Melete

Summary

56 Melete is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 56 Melete is credited with the discovery of Hermann Goldschmidt^[3].
• 56 Melete's image is recorded as 56Melete (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 56 Melete's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 56 Melete's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Paris Observatory, PSL University^[6].
• Melete is named after 56 Melete^[7].
• 56 Melete's follows is recorded as 55 Pandora^[8].
• 56 Melete's followed by is recorded as 57 Mnemosyne^[9].
• 56 Melete's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 56 Melete's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Melete symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 56 Melete's Commons category is recorded as 56 Melete^[12].
• 56 Melete's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 56 Melete's provisional designation is recorded as 1949 TH^[14].
• 56 Melete's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 EN5^[15].
• 56 Melete's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 HG4^[16].
• 56 Melete's provisional designation is recorded as A857 RB^[17].
• 56 Melete's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1857-09-09T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 56 Melete's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/036nb3^[19].
• 56 Melete's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000056^[20].
• 56 Melete's asteroid spectral type is recorded as P-type asteroid^[21].
• 56 Melete's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[22].
• 56 Melete's significant event is recorded as naming^[23].
• 56 Melete's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2368788004275838'}^[24].
• 56 Melete's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.53'}^[25].
• 56 Melete's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.072'}^[26].
• 56 Melete's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.081030539648797'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

56 Melete's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Melete is named after 56 Melete^[7].

Why It Matters

56 Melete ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]