748 Simeïsa
outer main-belt asteroid
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Summary
748 Simeïsa is an asteroid[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Grigory Neujmin[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Simeiz Observatory[4]
- Named after: Simeiz[5]
- Follows: 747 Winchester[6]
- Followed by: 749 Malzovia[7]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[8], outer asteroid belt[9]
- Commons category: 748 Simeïsa[10]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[11]
- Provisional designation: 1913 RD[12], 1925 QG[13], 1936 BG[14], 1941 SU[15], 1942 XU[16], 1944 DC[17], 1951 CX[18], 1957 UL1[19], 1963 MC[20], A913 EL[21]
- Time of discovery or invention: March 14, 1913[22]
- Asteroid spectral type: P-type asteroid[23]
- Significant event: naming[24]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.1896759215168103[25]
- Apparent magnitude: 16.55[26]
- Absolute magnitude: 9.08[27]
- Orbital inclination: 2.257 degree[28], 2.259061234305446 degree[29]
- Orbital period: 2869.855119235257 day[30]
- Rotation period: 11.919 hour[31], 11.905 hour[32]
- Longitude of ascending node: 265.3874501302376 degree[33]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 3.95221926173862 astronomical unit[34]
- Apoapsis: 4.701860092245381 astronomical unit[35]
- Periapsis: 3.20257843123186 astronomical unit[36]
- Argument of periapsis: 177.987911389391 degree[37]
- Mean anomaly: 214.7588854188787 degree[38]
- Diameter: 102.97 km[39], 103.714 km[40]
Why It Matters
748 Simeïsa has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]