842 Kerstin

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 842 Kerstin is credited with the discovery of Max Wolf^[3].
• 842 Kerstin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 842 Kerstin's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• 842 Kerstin's follows is recorded as Q157373^[6].
• 842 Kerstin's followed by is recorded as Q157380^[7].
• 842 Kerstin's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 842 Kerstin's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[9].
• 842 Kerstin's Commons category is recorded as 842 Kerstin^[10].
• 842 Kerstin's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 842 Kerstin's provisional designation is recorded as 1916 AM^[12].
• 842 Kerstin's provisional designation is recorded as A916 TB^[13].
• 842 Kerstin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1916-10-01T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 842 Kerstin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08m7vq^[15].
• 842 Kerstin's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000842^[16].
• 842 Kerstin's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 842 Kerstin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1155513036312876'}^[18].
• 842 Kerstin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.63'}^[19].
• 842 Kerstin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.596'}^[20].
• 842 Kerstin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.49078633780491'}^[21].
• 842 Kerstin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2130.192531765588'}^[22].
• 842 Kerstin's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+18.716'}^[23].
• 842 Kerstin's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.365724721143884'}^[24].
• 842 Kerstin's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.240014500910141'}^[25].
• 842 Kerstin's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.614402400274583'}^[26].
• 842 Kerstin's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.865626601545698'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

842 Kerstin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

842 Kerstin ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]