620 Drakonia

Summary

620 Drakonia is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 620 Drakonia is credited with the discovery of Joel Hastings Metcalf^[3].
• 620 Drakonia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 620 Drakonia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Taunton^[5].
• 620 Drakonia's follows is recorded as 619 Triberga^[6].
• 620 Drakonia's followed by is recorded as 621 Werdandi^[7].
• 620 Drakonia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 620 Drakonia's Commons category is recorded as 620 Drakonia^[9].
• 620 Drakonia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 620 Drakonia's provisional designation is recorded as 1906 WE^[11].
• 620 Drakonia's provisional designation is recorded as 1950 ET^[12].
• 620 Drakonia's provisional designation is recorded as 1950 HS^[13].
• 620 Drakonia's provisional designation is recorded as 1955 QE1^[14].
• 620 Drakonia's provisional designation is recorded as A906 UO^[15].
• 620 Drakonia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1906-10-26T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 620 Drakonia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08lyh2^[17].
• 620 Drakonia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000620^[18].
• 620 Drakonia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as E-type asteroid^[19].
• 620 Drakonia's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 620 Drakonia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1356091666665764'}^[21].
• 620 Drakonia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.98'}^[22].
• 620 Drakonia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.735'}^[23].
• 620 Drakonia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.735993436149471'}^[24].
• 620 Drakonia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1388.137130572336'}^[25].
• 620 Drakonia's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+5.487'}^[26].
• 620 Drakonia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+359.8194811061134'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

620 Drakonia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

620 Drakonia ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]