621 Werdandi

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 621 Werdandi is credited with the discovery of August Kopff^[3].
• 621 Werdandi's image is recorded as 621Werdandi (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 621 Werdandi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 621 Werdandi's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[6].
• Verðandi is named after 621 Werdandi^[7].
• 621 Werdandi's follows is recorded as 620 Drakonia^[8].
• 621 Werdandi's followed by is recorded as 622 Esther^[9].
• 621 Werdandi's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 621 Werdandi's Commons category is recorded as 621 Werdandi^[11].
• 621 Werdandi's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 621 Werdandi's provisional designation is recorded as 1906 WJ^[13].
• 621 Werdandi's provisional designation is recorded as 1952 BO^[14].
• 621 Werdandi's provisional designation is recorded as A906 VM^[15].
• 621 Werdandi's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1906-11-11T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 621 Werdandi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08lyhg^[17].
• 621 Werdandi's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000621^[18].
• 621 Werdandi's asteroid spectral type is recorded as F-type asteroid^[19].
• 621 Werdandi's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 621 Werdandi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1366309413871134'}^[21].
• 621 Werdandi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.14'}^[22].
• 621 Werdandi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.319'}^[23].
• 621 Werdandi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.297336927737037'}^[24].
• 621 Werdandi's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2019.322926711519'}^[25].
• 621 Werdandi's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+11.776'}^[26].
• 621 Werdandi's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+66.64348107867825'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

621 Werdandi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Verðandi is named after 621 Werdandi^[7].

Why It Matters

621 Werdandi ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 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]