844 Leontina

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 844 Leontina is credited with the discovery of Joseph Rheden^[3].
• 844 Leontina's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 844 Leontina's instance of is recorded as small Solar System body^[5].
• 844 Leontina's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Vienna Observatory^[6].
• Lienz is named after 844 Leontina^[7].
• 844 Leontina's follows is recorded as Q157380^[8].
• 844 Leontina's followed by is recorded as 845 Naëma^[9].
• 844 Leontina's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 844 Leontina's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[11].
• 844 Leontina's Commons category is recorded as 844 Leontina^[12].
• 844 Leontina's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 844 Leontina's provisional designation is recorded as 1916 AP^[14].
• 844 Leontina's provisional designation is recorded as 1935 BN^[15].
• 844 Leontina's provisional designation is recorded as 1953 FL1^[16].
• 844 Leontina's provisional designation is recorded as A902 EC^[17].
• 844 Leontina's provisional designation is recorded as A916 TC^[18].
• 844 Leontina's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1916-10-01T00:00:00Z^[19].
• 844 Leontina's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08m7wg^[20].
• 844 Leontina's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000844^[21].
• 844 Leontina's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[22].
• 844 Leontina's significant event is recorded as naming^[23].
• 844 Leontina's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06924990536504701'}^[24].
• 844 Leontina's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.15'}^[25].
• 844 Leontina's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.81'}^[26].
• 844 Leontina's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.791'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4] and small Solar System body^[5].

History and Context

Lienz is named after 844 Leontina^[7].

Why It Matters

844 Leontina 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]