803 Picka

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 803 Picka is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 803 Picka's image is recorded as 803Picka (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 803 Picka's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 803 Picka's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Vienna Observatory^[6].
• 803 Picka's follows is recorded as 802 Epyaxa^[7].
• 803 Picka's followed by is recorded as 804 Hispania^[8].
• 803 Picka's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 803 Picka's Commons category is recorded as 803 Picka^[10].
• 803 Picka's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 803 Picka's provisional designation is recorded as 1915 WS^[12].
• 803 Picka's provisional designation is recorded as 1952 YH^[13].
• 803 Picka's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 EC2^[14].
• 803 Picka's provisional designation is recorded as A899 NE^[15].
• 803 Picka's provisional designation is recorded as A915 FD^[16].
• 803 Picka's provisional designation is recorded as A915 FL^[17].
• 803 Picka's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1915-03-21T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 803 Picka's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08m7b1^[19].
• 803 Picka's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000803^[20].
• 803 Picka's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 803 Picka's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06282732281643762'}^[22].
• 803 Picka's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.5'}^[23].
• 803 Picka's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.685'}^[24].
• 803 Picka's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.65860296713947'}^[25].
• 803 Picka's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2090.573202928585'}^[26].
• 803 Picka's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+5.0742'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

803 Picka's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

803 Picka 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 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]