623 Chimaera

Summary

623 Chimaera is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 623 Chimaera is credited with the discovery of Karl Julius Lohnert^[3].
• 623 Chimaera's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 623 Chimaera's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• 623 Chimaera's follows is recorded as 622 Esther^[6].
• 623 Chimaera's followed by is recorded as 624 Hektor^[7].
• 623 Chimaera's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 623 Chimaera's Commons category is recorded as 623 Chimaera^[9].
• 623 Chimaera's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 623 Chimaera's provisional designation is recorded as 1907 XJ^[11].
• 623 Chimaera's provisional designation is recorded as A907 BC^[12].
• 623 Chimaera's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1907-01-22T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 623 Chimaera's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08lyj6^[14].
• 623 Chimaera's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000623^[15].
• 623 Chimaera's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[16].
• 623 Chimaera's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 623 Chimaera's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1116233960216864'}^[18].
• 623 Chimaera's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.79'}^[19].
• 623 Chimaera's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.137'}^[20].
• 623 Chimaera's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.12602621017514'}^[21].
• 623 Chimaera's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1410.235779332181'}^[22].
• 623 Chimaera's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+14.635'}^[23].
• 623 Chimaera's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+308.2789693600317'}^[24].
• 623 Chimaera's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.461097776849917'}^[25].
• 623 Chimaera's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.735813868643328'}^[26].
• 623 Chimaera's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.186381685056507'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

623 Chimaera's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

623 Chimaera ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]