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7 Iris

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7 Iris

Summary

7 Iris is an asteroid[1]. It ranks in the top 0.24% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month, #10 of 4,107).[2]

Key Facts

  • 7 Iris is credited with the discovery of John Russell Hind[3].
  • 7 Iris's image is recorded as Iris asteroid eso.jpg[4].
  • 7 Iris's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • 7 Iris's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Bishop Observatory[6].
  • Iris is named after 7 Iris[7].
  • 7 Iris's follows is recorded as 6 Hebe[8].
  • 7 Iris's followed by is recorded as 8 Flora[9].
  • 7 Iris's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[10].
  • 7 Iris's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Iris symbol (fixed width).svg[11].
  • 7 Iris's Commons category is recorded as 7 Iris[12].
  • 7 Iris's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[13].
  • 7 Iris's provisional designation is recorded as A847 PA[14].
  • 7 Iris's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1847-08-13T00:00:00Z[15].
  • 7 Iris's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02z9b5[16].
  • 7 Iris's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000007[17].
  • 7 Iris's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid[18].
  • 7 Iris's significant event is recorded as naming[19].
  • 7 Iris's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2302133123218598'}[20].
  • 7 Iris's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+5.67'}[21].
  • 7 Iris's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.527'}[22].
  • 7 Iris's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.518812907722005'}[23].
  • 7 Iris's density is recorded as {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+3.18'}[24].
  • 7 Iris's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+17900000000000000000'}[25].
  • 7 Iris's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1346.63063987869'}[26].
  • 7 Iris's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+7.139'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

7 Iris's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].

History and Context

Iris is named after 7 Iris[7].

Why It Matters

7 Iris ranks in the top 0.24% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month, #10 of 4,107).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Boulon John Russell Hind

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. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . springerlink.com. springerlink.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . adsabs.harvard.edu. adsabs.harvard.edu. 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] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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