673 Edda

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 673 Edda is credited with the discovery of Joel Hastings Metcalf^[3].
• 673 Edda's image is recorded as 000673-asteroid shape model (673) Edda.png^[4].
• 673 Edda's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 673 Edda's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Taunton^[6].
• Edda is named after 673 Edda^[7].
• 673 Edda's follows is recorded as Q156392^[8].
• 673 Edda's followed by is recorded as Q156409^[9].
• 673 Edda's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 673 Edda's Commons category is recorded as 673 Edda^[11].
• 673 Edda's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 673 Edda's provisional designation is recorded as 1908 EA^[13].
• 673 Edda's provisional designation is recorded as 1948 BF^[14].
• 673 Edda's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 AK^[15].
• 673 Edda's provisional designation is recorded as A908 SG^[16].
• 673 Edda's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1908-09-20T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 673 Edda's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08lzd1^[18].
• 673 Edda's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000673^[19].
• 673 Edda's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[20].
• 673 Edda's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 673 Edda's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.008937473022632108'}^[22].
• 673 Edda's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.12'}^[23].
• 673 Edda's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.876'}^[24].
• 673 Edda's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.880746527445637'}^[25].
• 673 Edda's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1725.274528275302'}^[26].
• 673 Edda's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+22.34'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

673 Edda's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Edda is named after 673 Edda^[7].

Why It Matters

673 Edda ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]