74 Galatea

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 74 Galatea is credited with the discovery of Wilhelm Tempel^[3].
• 74 Galatea's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 74 Galatea's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Marseille Observatory^[5].
• Galatea is named after 74 Galatea^[6].
• 74 Galatea's follows is recorded as 73 Klytia^[7].
• 74 Galatea's followed by is recorded as 75 Eurydike^[8].
• 74 Galatea's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 74 Galatea's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Galatea asteroid symbol (fixed width).svg^[10].
• 74 Galatea's Commons category is recorded as 74 Galatea^[11].
• 74 Galatea's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 74 Galatea's provisional designation is recorded as A908 OC^[13].
• 74 Galatea's provisional designation is recorded as A862 QA^[14].
• 74 Galatea's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1862-08-29T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 74 Galatea's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/036zv6^[16].
• 74 Galatea's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000074^[17].
• 74 Galatea's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[18].
• 74 Galatea's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 74 Galatea's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2367976376551227'}^[20].
• 74 Galatea's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.93'}^[21].
• 74 Galatea's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.075'}^[22].
• 74 Galatea's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.07078061583013'}^[23].
• 74 Galatea's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1695.059538584755'}^[24].
• 74 Galatea's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+17.268'}^[25].
• 74 Galatea's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+197.0742822456324'}^[26].
• 74 Galatea's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.78221713042583'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

74 Galatea's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Galatea is named after 74 Galatea^[6].

Why It Matters

74 Galatea ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]