72 Feronia

Summary

72 Feronia is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 72 Feronia is credited with the discovery of Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters^[3].
• 72 Feronia's image is recorded as 72Feronia (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 72 Feronia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 72 Feronia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Litchfield Observatory^[6].
• Feronia is named after 72 Feronia^[7].
• 72 Feronia's follows is recorded as Q212970^[8].
• 72 Feronia's followed by is recorded as 73 Klytia^[9].
• 72 Feronia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 72 Feronia's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Feronia symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 72 Feronia's Commons category is recorded as 72 Feronia^[12].
• 72 Feronia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 72 Feronia's provisional designation is recorded as 1927 TK^[14].
• 72 Feronia's provisional designation is recorded as 1950 LJ^[15].
• 72 Feronia's provisional designation is recorded as A902 GA^[16].
• 72 Feronia's provisional designation is recorded as A861 KA^[17].
• 72 Feronia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1861-05-29T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 72 Feronia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/036zrd^[19].
• 72 Feronia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000072^[20].
• 72 Feronia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as T-type asteroid^[21].
• 72 Feronia's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 72 Feronia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1214011413951808'}^[23].
• 72 Feronia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.07'}^[24].
• 72 Feronia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.417'}^[25].
• 72 Feronia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.417802767938439'}^[26].
• 72 Feronia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1246.055268141998'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

72 Feronia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Feronia is named after 72 Feronia^[7].

Why It Matters

72 Feronia ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]