80 Sappho

Summary

80 Sappho is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 80 Sappho is credited with the discovery of N. R. Pogson^[3].
• 80 Sappho's image is recorded as 80Sappho (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 80 Sappho's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 80 Sappho's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Madras Observatory^[6].
• Sappho is named after 80 Sappho^[7].
• 80 Sappho's follows is recorded as 79 Eurynome^[8].
• 80 Sappho's followed by is recorded as 81 Terpsichore^[9].
• 80 Sappho's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 80 Sappho's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Double Venus symbol.svg^[11].
• 80 Sappho's Commons category is recorded as 80 Sappho^[12].
• 80 Sappho's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 80 Sappho's provisional designation is recorded as A864 JA^[14].
• 80 Sappho's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1864-05-02T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 80 Sappho's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/036_65^[16].
• 80 Sappho's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000080^[17].
• 80 Sappho's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[18].
• 80 Sappho's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 80 Sappho's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1996711692181873'}^[20].
• 80 Sappho's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.05'}^[21].
• 80 Sappho's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.664'}^[22].
• 80 Sappho's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.676097552216309'}^[23].
• 80 Sappho's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1270.972831427556'}^[24].
• 80 Sappho's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+14.03'}^[25].
• 80 Sappho's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+218.6385023056018'}^[26].
• 80 Sappho's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.296282028091257'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

80 Sappho's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Sappho is named after 80 Sappho^[7].

Why It Matters

80 Sappho ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]