729 Watsonia

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 729 Watsonia is credited with the discovery of Joel Hastings Metcalf^[3].
• 729 Watsonia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 729 Watsonia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Winchester^[5].
• 729 Watsonia followed 728 Leonisis^[6].
• 729 Watsonia was followed by Q156787^[7].
• 729 Watsonia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 729 Watsonia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 729 Watsonia's provisional designation is recorded as 1912 OD^[10].
• 729 Watsonia's provisional designation is recorded as 1944 DP^[11].
• 729 Watsonia's provisional designation is recorded as A912 CE^[12].
• 729 Watsonia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1912-02-09T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 729 Watsonia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[14].
• 729 Watsonia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as L-type asteroid^[15].
• 729 Watsonia's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 729 Watsonia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09581990316410305'}^[17].
• 729 Watsonia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.57'}^[18].
• 729 Watsonia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+18.062'}^[19].
• 729 Watsonia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+18.05255139841978'}^[20].
• 729 Watsonia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1675.520628116313'}^[21].
• 729 Watsonia's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+25.23'}^[22].
• 729 Watsonia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+124.2957449138977'}^[23].
• 729 Watsonia's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.760795476845535'}^[24].
• 729 Watsonia's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.025334632092768'}^[25].
• 729 Watsonia's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.496256321598302'}^[26].
• 729 Watsonia's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+86.91105933267077'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

729 Watsonia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

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