869 Mellena

Summary

869 Mellena is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 38 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 869 Mellena is credited with the discovery of Richard Schorr^[3].
• 869 Mellena's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 869 Mellena's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory^[5].
• Werner von Melle is named after 869 Mellena^[6].
• 869 Mellena followed 868 Lova^[7].
• 869 Mellena was followed by 870 Manto^[8].
• 869 Mellena's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 869 Mellena's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 869 Mellena's provisional designation is recorded as 1917 BV^[11].
• 869 Mellena's provisional designation is recorded as 1931 RC^[12].
• 869 Mellena's provisional designation is recorded as 1944 OB^[13].
• 869 Mellena's provisional designation is recorded as 1952 DL2^[14].
• 869 Mellena's provisional designation is recorded as A917 JB^[15].
• 869 Mellena's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1917-05-09T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 869 Mellena's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 869 Mellena's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2177585380041716'}^[18].
• 869 Mellena's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.07'}^[19].
• 869 Mellena's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.836936887186265'}^[20].
• 869 Mellena's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1613.8239349444'}^[21].
• 869 Mellena's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+6.5155'}^[22].
• 869 Mellena's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+154.7967370376962'}^[23].
• 869 Mellena's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.692599848022607'}^[24].
• 869 Mellena's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.278936454358265'}^[25].
• 869 Mellena's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.10626324168695'}^[26].
• 869 Mellena's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+107.3016437824164'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

869 Mellena's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Werner von Melle is named after 869 Mellena^[6].

Why It Matters

869 Mellena has Wikipedia articles in 38 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]