5708 Melancholia

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5708 Melancholia

Summary

5708 Melancholia is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 5708 Melancholia is credited with the discovery of Paul Wild[3].
  • 5708 Melancholia's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 5708 Melancholia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Zimmerwald Observatory[5].
  • melancholia is named after 5708 Melancholia[6].
  • 5708 Melancholia's follows is recorded as 5707 Shevchenko[7].
  • 5708 Melancholia's followed by is recorded as 5709 Tamyeunleung[8].
  • 5708 Melancholia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • 5708 Melancholia's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Melancholia symbol (fixed width).svg[10].
  • 5708 Melancholia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[11].
  • 5708 Melancholia's provisional designation is recorded as 1948 TD[12].
  • 5708 Melancholia's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 TB5[13].
  • 5708 Melancholia's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 TC1[14].
  • 5708 Melancholia's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 VA2[15].
  • 5708 Melancholia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-12T00:00:00Z[16].
  • 5708 Melancholia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7f91[17].
  • 5708 Melancholia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005708[18].
  • 5708 Melancholia's significant event is recorded as naming[19].
  • 5708 Melancholia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.21'}[20].
  • 5708 Melancholia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2115642'}[21].
  • 5708 Melancholia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2111080881893173'}[22].
  • 5708 Melancholia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.4'}[23].
  • 5708 Melancholia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.53'}[24].
  • 5708 Melancholia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.24172'}[25].
  • 5708 Melancholia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.243441382806103'}[26].
  • 5708 Melancholia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.22'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

5708 Melancholia is credited with the discovery of Paul Wild[3].

Why It Matters

5708 Melancholia has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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