76 Freia

Summary

76 Freia is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 76 Freia is credited with the discovery of Heinrich Louis d'Arrest^[3].
• 76 Freia's image is recorded as 76Freia (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 76 Freia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 76 Freia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Østervold Observatory^[6].
• Freyja is named after 76 Freia^[7].
• 76 Freia's follows is recorded as 75 Eurydike^[8].
• 76 Freia's followed by is recorded as 77 Frigga^[9].
• 76 Freia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 76 Freia's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[11].
• 76 Freia's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Freia symbol (fixed width).svg^[12].
• 76 Freia's Commons category is recorded as 76 Freia^[13].
• 76 Freia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 76 Freia's provisional designation is recorded as A911 OB^[15].
• 76 Freia's provisional designation is recorded as A862 UA^[16].
• 76 Freia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1862-10-21T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 76 Freia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/036_2w^[18].
• 76 Freia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000076^[19].
• 76 Freia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as P-type asteroid^[20].
• 76 Freia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[21].
• 76 Freia's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 76 Freia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1676535723002909'}^[23].
• 76 Freia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.01'}^[24].
• 76 Freia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.116'}^[25].
• 76 Freia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.123513512857794'}^[26].
• 76 Freia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2298.637797535972'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

76 Freia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Freyja is named after 76 Freia^[7].

Why It Matters

76 Freia ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]