867 Kovacia

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 867 Kovacia is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 867 Kovacia's image is recorded as 867Kovacia (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 867 Kovacia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 867 Kovacia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Vienna Observatory^[6].
• 867 Kovacia's follows is recorded as Q157504^[7].
• 867 Kovacia's followed by is recorded as 868 Lova^[8].
• 867 Kovacia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 867 Kovacia's Commons category is recorded as 867 Kovacia^[10].
• 867 Kovacia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 867 Kovacia's provisional designation is recorded as 1917 BS^[12].
• 867 Kovacia's provisional designation is recorded as 1942 XF^[13].
• 867 Kovacia's provisional designation is recorded as 1958 WA^[14].
• 867 Kovacia's provisional designation is recorded as A917 DH^[15].
• 867 Kovacia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1917-02-25T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 867 Kovacia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08m85d^[17].
• 867 Kovacia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000867^[18].
• 867 Kovacia's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 867 Kovacia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1206109397605185'}^[20].
• 867 Kovacia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.51'}^[21].
• 867 Kovacia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.984'}^[22].
• 867 Kovacia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.983424645731519'}^[23].
• 867 Kovacia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1965.936902683862'}^[24].
• 867 Kovacia's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+8.6772'}^[25].
• 867 Kovacia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+46.31019573610894'}^[26].
• 867 Kovacia's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.071242427552927'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

867 Kovacia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

867 Kovacia 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 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]