832 Karin

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 832 Karin is credited with the discovery of Max Wolf^[3].
• 832 Karin's image is recorded as 832Karin (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 832 Karin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 832 Karin's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[6].
• 832 Karin's follows is recorded as 831 Stateira^[7].
• 832 Karin's followed by is recorded as Q155960^[8].
• 832 Karin's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 832 Karin's Commons category is recorded as 832 Karin^[10].
• 832 Karin's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 832 Karin's provisional designation is recorded as 1916 AB^[12].
• 832 Karin's provisional designation is recorded as 1955 SD3^[13].
• 832 Karin's provisional designation is recorded as A902 WH^[14].
• 832 Karin's provisional designation is recorded as A916 SE^[15].
• 832 Karin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1916-09-20T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 832 Karin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08m7q9^[17].
• 832 Karin's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000832^[18].
• 832 Karin's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 832 Karin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08293728193602715'}^[20].
• 832 Karin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.22'}^[21].
• 832 Karin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.003'}^[22].
• 832 Karin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.009588128239596'}^[23].
• 832 Karin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1768.950143109549'}^[24].
• 832 Karin's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+18.348'}^[25].
• 832 Karin's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+253.6955658264087'}^[26].
• 832 Karin's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.862495266843522'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

832 Karin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Cultural Significance

Things named for 832 Karin include Karin family^[28], an asteroid family^[29].

Why It Matters

832 Karin ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include Karin family^[28], an asteroid family^[29].