868 Lova

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 868 Lova is credited with the discovery of Max Wolf^[3].
• 868 Lova's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 868 Lova's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• 868 Lova's follows is recorded as 867 Kovacia^[6].
• 868 Lova's followed by is recorded as Q157526^[7].
• 868 Lova's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 868 Lova's Commons category is recorded as 868 Lova^[9].
• 868 Lova's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 868 Lova's provisional designation is recorded as 1917 BU^[11].
• 868 Lova's provisional designation is recorded as 1925 FB^[12].
• 868 Lova's provisional designation is recorded as 1957 EO^[13].
• 868 Lova's provisional designation is recorded as A917 HB^[14].
• 868 Lova's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1917-04-26T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 868 Lova's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08m85s^[16].
• 868 Lova's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000868^[17].
• 868 Lova's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[18].
• 868 Lova's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 868 Lova's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.146112401206365'}^[20].
• 868 Lova's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.45'}^[21].
• 868 Lova's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.827'}^[22].
• 868 Lova's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.836972363334934'}^[23].
• 868 Lova's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1624.494505550421'}^[24].
• 868 Lova's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+41.118'}^[25].
• 868 Lova's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+115.7397540617088'}^[26].
• 868 Lova's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.704455749920558'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

868 Lova's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

868 Lova 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 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]