568 Cheruskia

Summary

568 Cheruskia is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 568 Cheruskia is credited with the discovery of Paul Götz^[3].
• 568 Cheruskia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 568 Cheruskia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• Cherusci is named after 568 Cheruskia^[6].
• 568 Cheruskia's follows is recorded as 567 Eleutheria^[7].
• 568 Cheruskia's followed by is recorded as Q155609^[8].
• 568 Cheruskia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 568 Cheruskia's Commons category is recorded as 568 Cheruskia^[10].
• 568 Cheruskia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 568 Cheruskia's provisional designation is recorded as A905 OD^[12].
• 568 Cheruskia's provisional designation is recorded as 1956 DA^[13].
• 568 Cheruskia's provisional designation is recorded as A891 XB^[14].
• 568 Cheruskia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1905-07-26T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 568 Cheruskia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08lxmp^[16].
• 568 Cheruskia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000568^[17].
• 568 Cheruskia's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 568 Cheruskia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1680706412667455'}^[19].
• 568 Cheruskia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.69'}^[20].
• 568 Cheruskia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+18.367'}^[21].
• 568 Cheruskia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+18.40703918900603'}^[22].
• 568 Cheruskia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1786.360830905274'}^[23].
• 568 Cheruskia's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+13.209'}^[24].
• 568 Cheruskia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+249.7297012362994'}^[25].
• 568 Cheruskia's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.881247109771286'}^[26].
• 568 Cheruskia's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.365500159158503'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

568 Cheruskia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Cherusci is named after 568 Cheruskia^[6].

Why It Matters

568 Cheruskia ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]