708 Raphaela

Summary

708 Raphaela is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 708 Raphaela is credited with the discovery of Joseph Helffrich^[3].
• 708 Raphaela's image is recorded as 708Raphaela (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 708 Raphaela's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 708 Raphaela's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[6].
• 708 Raphaela's follows is recorded as Q156668^[7].
• 708 Raphaela's followed by is recorded as Q156678^[8].
• 708 Raphaela's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 708 Raphaela's Commons category is recorded as 708 Raphaela^[10].
• 708 Raphaela's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 708 Raphaela's provisional designation is recorded as 1911 LJ^[12].
• 708 Raphaela's provisional designation is recorded as A892 XA^[13].
• 708 Raphaela's provisional designation is recorded as A907 EG^[14].
• 708 Raphaela's provisional designation is recorded as A911 CB^[15].
• 708 Raphaela's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1911-02-03T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 708 Raphaela's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08l_dv^[17].
• 708 Raphaela's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000708^[18].
• 708 Raphaela's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[19].
• 708 Raphaela's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 708 Raphaela's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08591660828981124'}^[21].
• 708 Raphaela's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.5'}^[22].
• 708 Raphaela's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.488'}^[23].
• 708 Raphaela's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.478295596339492'}^[24].
• 708 Raphaela's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1593.901490428255'}^[25].
• 708 Raphaela's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+20.918'}^[26].
• 708 Raphaela's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+355.0460029296523'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

708 Raphaela's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

708 Raphaela ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]