596 Scheila

Summary

596 Scheila is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 596 Scheila is credited with the discovery of August Kopff^[3].
• 596 Scheila's image is recorded as 596 Scheila, 5 minute exposure, Dec. 12, 2010.jpg^[4].
• 596 Scheila's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 596 Scheila's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[6].
• Scheila is named after 596 Scheila^[7].
• 596 Scheila's follows is recorded as Q155749^[8].
• 596 Scheila's followed by is recorded as Q155758^[9].
• 596 Scheila's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 596 Scheila's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Scheila symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 596 Scheila's Commons category is recorded as 596 Scheila^[12].
• 596 Scheila's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 596 Scheila's provisional designation is recorded as A906 DL^[14].
• 596 Scheila's provisional designation is recorded as 1949 WT^[15].
• 596 Scheila's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1906-02-21T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 596 Scheila's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08ly52^[17].
• 596 Scheila's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000596^[18].
• 596 Scheila's asteroid spectral type is recorded as P-type asteroid^[19].
• 596 Scheila's asteroid spectral type is recorded as T-type asteroid^[20].
• 596 Scheila's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 596 Scheila's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1594521394025518'}^[22].
• 596 Scheila's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.93'}^[23].
• 596 Scheila's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.662'}^[24].
• 596 Scheila's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.62963526080342'}^[25].
• 596 Scheila's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1837.237912678599'}^[26].
• 596 Scheila's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+15.848'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

596 Scheila's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Scheila is named after 596 Scheila^[7].

Why It Matters

596 Scheila ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 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]