668 Dora

main-belt asteroid
Thing asteroid Q156359
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668 Dora

Summary

668 Dora is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 38 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 668 Dora is credited with the discovery of August Kopff[3].
  • 668 Dora's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 668 Dora's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory[5].
  • 668 Dora followed 667 Denise[6].
  • 668 Dora was followed by 669 Kypria[7].
  • 668 Dora's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • 668 Dora's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • 668 Dora's provisional designation is recorded as 1908 DO[10].
  • 668 Dora's provisional designation is recorded as A908 OH[11].
  • 668 Dora's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1908-07-27T00:00:00Z[12].
  • 668 Dora's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid[13].
  • 668 Dora's asteroid family is recorded as Dora family[14].
  • 668 Dora's significant event is recorded as naming[15].
  • 668 Dora's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2340854052365238'}[16].
  • 668 Dora's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.13'}[17].
  • 668 Dora's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.841'}[18].
  • 668 Dora's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.840746305825789'}[19].
  • 668 Dora's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1706.708768348074'}[20].
  • 668 Dora's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+22.914'}[21].
  • 668 Dora's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+214.3667811152953'}[22].
  • 668 Dora's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.794949692430517'}[23].
  • 668 Dora's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.449206623798812'}[24].
  • 668 Dora's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.140692761062222'}[25].
  • 668 Dora's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+113.0252226038109'}[26].
  • 668 Dora's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+20.54255997466696'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

668 Dora's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Why It Matters

668 Dora has Wikipedia articles in 38 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . 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] . 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] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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