896 Sphinx

Summary

896 Sphinx is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 896 Sphinx is credited with the discovery of Max Wolf^[3].
• 896 Sphinx's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 896 Sphinx's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• sphinx is named after 896 Sphinx^[6].
• 896 Sphinx's follows is recorded as Q157693^[7].
• 896 Sphinx's followed by is recorded as Q157705^[8].
• 896 Sphinx's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 896 Sphinx's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Sphinx arrow symbol (fixed width).svg^[10].
• 896 Sphinx's Commons category is recorded as 896 Sphinx^[11].
• 896 Sphinx's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 896 Sphinx's provisional designation is recorded as 1918 DV^[13].
• 896 Sphinx's provisional designation is recorded as A918 PE^[14].
• 896 Sphinx's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1918-08-01T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 896 Sphinx's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08m8m5^[16].
• 896 Sphinx's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000896^[17].
• 896 Sphinx's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 896 Sphinx's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.164737544813586'}^[19].
• 896 Sphinx's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.74'}^[20].
• 896 Sphinx's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.19839669843561'}^[21].
• 896 Sphinx's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1261.474658601627'}^[22].
• 896 Sphinx's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+21.038'}^[23].
• 896 Sphinx's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+254.0736783643866'}^[24].
• 896 Sphinx's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.284827422007055'}^[25].
• 896 Sphinx's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.661224281831252'}^[26].
• 896 Sphinx's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.908430562182857'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

896 Sphinx's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

sphinx is named after 896 Sphinx^[6].

Why It Matters

896 Sphinx ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]