688 Melanie

Summary

688 Melanie is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 37 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 688 Melanie is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 688 Melanie's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 688 Melanie's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Vienna Observatory^[5].
• 688 Melanie followed Q156499^[6].
• 688 Melanie was followed by Q117317^[7].
• 688 Melanie's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 688 Melanie's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 688 Melanie's provisional designation is recorded as 1909 HH^[10].
• 688 Melanie's provisional designation is recorded as 1927 SR^[11].
• 688 Melanie's provisional designation is recorded as 1940 SJ^[12].
• 688 Melanie's provisional designation is recorded as A917 KD^[13].
• 688 Melanie's provisional designation is recorded as A909 QC^[14].
• 688 Melanie's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1909-08-25T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 688 Melanie's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[16].
• 688 Melanie's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 688 Melanie's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1378323355702989'}^[18].
• 688 Melanie's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.98'}^[19].
• 688 Melanie's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+10.24354044855331'}^[20].
• 688 Melanie's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1619.305599377156'}^[21].
• 688 Melanie's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+18.87'}^[22].
• 688 Melanie's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+170.8042313921621'}^[23].
• 688 Melanie's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.698693691456229'}^[24].
• 688 Melanie's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.070660945938473'}^[25].
• 688 Melanie's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.326726436973985'}^[26].
• 688 Melanie's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+139.3707257680003'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

688 Melanie's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

688 Melanie has Wikipedia articles in 37 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]