78 Diana

Summary

78 Diana is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 78 Diana is credited with the discovery of Robert Luther^[3].
• 78 Diana's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 78 Diana's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory^[5].
• Diana is named after 78 Diana^[6].
• 78 Diana's follows is recorded as 77 Frigga^[7].
• 78 Diana's followed by is recorded as 79 Eurynome^[8].
• 78 Diana's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 78 Diana's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Diana symbol (fixed width).svg^[10].
• 78 Diana's Commons category is recorded as 78 Diana^[11].
• 78 Diana's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 78 Diana's provisional designation is recorded as A863 EA^[13].
• 78 Diana's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1863-03-15T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 78 Diana's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/036_4j^[15].
• 78 Diana's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000078^[16].
• 78 Diana's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[17].
• 78 Diana's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 78 Diana's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2034927936012172'}^[19].
• 78 Diana's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.3'}^[20].
• 78 Diana's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.688'}^[21].
• 78 Diana's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.678735514672221'}^[22].
• 78 Diana's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1551.331578337206'}^[23].
• 78 Diana's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+7.2991'}^[24].
• 78 Diana's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+333.2867816658282'}^[25].
• 78 Diana's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.622632693002414'}^[26].
• 78 Diana's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.156319546291359'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

78 Diana's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Diana is named after 78 Diana^[6].

Why It Matters

78 Diana ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]