8897 Defelice

Summary

8897 Defelice is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8897 Defelice is credited with the discovery of Santa Lucia Stroncone Astronomical Observatory^[3].
• 8897 Defelice's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8897 Defelice's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Santa Lucia Stroncone Astronomical Observatory^[5].
• Aurelio De Felice is named after 8897 Defelice^[6].
• 8897 Defelice's follows is recorded as (8896) 1995 QG2^[7].
• 8897 Defelice's followed by is recorded as Q157644^[8].
• 8897 Defelice's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8897 Defelice's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8897 Defelice's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 VB10^[11].
• 8897 Defelice's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 SX^[12].
• 8897 Defelice's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1995-09-22T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 8897 Defelice's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1d92^[14].
• 8897 Defelice's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008897^[15].
• 8897 Defelice's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 8897 Defelice's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[17].
• 8897 Defelice's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1428184'}^[18].
• 8897 Defelice's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1420593390620322'}^[19].
• 8897 Defelice's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[20].
• 8897 Defelice's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.59'}^[21].
• 8897 Defelice's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.85166'}^[22].
• 8897 Defelice's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.854084427829712'}^[23].
• 8897 Defelice's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.69'}^[24].
• 8897 Defelice's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1347.749555749377'}^[25].
• 8897 Defelice's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+194.47168'}^[26].
• 8897 Defelice's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+194.414224488023'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8897 Defelice's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Aurelio De Felice is named after 8897 Defelice^[6].

Why It Matters

8897 Defelice ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]