8398 Rubbia

Summary

8398 Rubbia is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8398 Rubbia is credited with the discovery of Astronomical Observatory of Farra d'Isonzo^[3].
• 8398 Rubbia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8398 Rubbia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Astronomical Observatory of Farra d'Isonzo^[5].
• Carlo Rubbia is named after 8398 Rubbia^[6].
• 8398 Rubbia's follows is recorded as 8397 Chiakitanaka^[7].
• 8398 Rubbia's followed by is recorded as 8399 Wakamatsu^[8].
• 8398 Rubbia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8398 Rubbia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8398 Rubbia's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 XY^[11].
• 8398 Rubbia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1993-12-12T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 8398 Rubbia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y876h^[13].
• 8398 Rubbia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008398^[14].
• 8398 Rubbia's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 8398 Rubbia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[16].
• 8398 Rubbia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1659253'}^[17].
• 8398 Rubbia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1668500475684172'}^[18].
• 8398 Rubbia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.1'}^[19].
• 8398 Rubbia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.29'}^[20].
• 8398 Rubbia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.95972'}^[21].
• 8398 Rubbia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.962822103187196'}^[22].
• 8398 Rubbia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.54'}^[23].
• 8398 Rubbia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1294.583184214781'}^[24].
• 8398 Rubbia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+188.00812'}^[25].
• 8398 Rubbia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+187.9107772045041'}^[26].
• 8398 Rubbia's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3244750'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8398 Rubbia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Carlo Rubbia is named after 8398 Rubbia^[6].

Why It Matters

8398 Rubbia ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]