758 Mancunia

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 758 Mancunia is credited with the discovery of Harry Edwin Wood^[3].
• 758 Mancunia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 758 Mancunia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Union Observatory^[5].
• Manchester is named after 758 Mancunia^[6].
• 758 Mancunia's follows is recorded as Q156946^[7].
• 758 Mancunia's followed by is recorded as 759 Vinifera^[8].
• 758 Mancunia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 758 Mancunia's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Mancunia symbol (fixed width).svg^[10].
• 758 Mancunia's Commons category is recorded as 758 Mancunia^[11].
• 758 Mancunia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 758 Mancunia's provisional designation is recorded as 1912 PE^[13].
• 758 Mancunia's provisional designation is recorded as 1938 AG^[14].
• 758 Mancunia's provisional designation is recorded as A914 WC^[15].
• 758 Mancunia's provisional designation is recorded as A912 KB^[16].
• 758 Mancunia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1912-05-18T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 758 Mancunia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08m05h^[18].
• 758 Mancunia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000758^[19].
• 758 Mancunia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[20].
• 758 Mancunia's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 758 Mancunia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1482048025023304'}^[22].
• 758 Mancunia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.36'}^[23].
• 758 Mancunia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.606'}^[24].
• 758 Mancunia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.6087812781532'}^[25].
• 758 Mancunia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2082.012693081201'}^[26].
• 758 Mancunia's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+12.7253'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

758 Mancunia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Manchester is named after 758 Mancunia^[6].

Why It Matters

758 Mancunia 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]