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66 Maja

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66 Maja

Summary

66 Maja is an asteroid[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 66 Maja is credited with the discovery of Horace Parnell Tuttle[3].
  • 66 Maja's image is recorded as A737.M1234.shape(1).png[4].
  • 66 Maja's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • 66 Maja's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Harvard College Observatory[6].
  • Maia is named after 66 Maja[7].
  • 66 Maja's follows is recorded as 65 Cybele[8].
  • 66 Maja's followed by is recorded as 67 Asia[9].
  • 66 Maja's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[10].
  • 66 Maja's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Maja symbol (fixed width).svg[11].
  • 66 Maja's Commons category is recorded as 66 Maja[12].
  • 66 Maja's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[13].
  • 66 Maja's provisional designation is recorded as 1947 FO[14].
  • 66 Maja's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 KR[15].
  • 66 Maja's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 OX10[16].
  • 66 Maja's provisional designation is recorded as A902 UF[17].
  • 66 Maja's provisional designation is recorded as A906 QD[18].
  • 66 Maja's provisional designation is recorded as A861 GA[19].
  • 66 Maja's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1861-04-09T00:00:00Z[20].
  • 66 Maja's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/036x61[21].
  • 66 Maja's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000066[22].
  • 66 Maja's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid[23].
  • 66 Maja's significant event is recorded as naming[24].
  • 66 Maja's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1720756258975881'}[25].
  • 66 Maja's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.48'}[26].
  • 66 Maja's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.047'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

66 Maja's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].

History and Context

Maia is named after 66 Maja[7].

Why It Matters

66 Maja ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Horace Parnell Tuttle

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (Sixth Revised and Enlarged Edition). wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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