93 Minerva

Summary

93 Minerva is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 93 Minerva is credited with the discovery of James Craig Watson^[3].
• 93 Minerva's image is recorded as 93Minerva (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 93 Minerva's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 93 Minerva's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Detroit Observatory^[6].
• Minerva is named after 93 Minerva^[7].
• 93 Minerva's follows is recorded as 92 Undina^[8].
• 93 Minerva's followed by is recorded as 94 Aurora^[9].
• 93 Minerva's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 93 Minerva's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Sulphur symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 93 Minerva's Commons category is recorded as 93 Minerva^[12].
• 93 Minerva's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 93 Minerva's child astronomical body is recorded as Aegis^[14].
• 93 Minerva's child astronomical body is recorded as Gorgoneion^[15].
• 93 Minerva's child astronomical body is recorded as moon of 93 Minerva^[16].
• 93 Minerva's provisional designation is recorded as 1949 QN2^[17].
• 93 Minerva's provisional designation is recorded as A902 DA^[18].
• 93 Minerva's provisional designation is recorded as A867 QA^[19].
• 93 Minerva's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1867-08-24T00:00:00Z^[20].
• 93 Minerva's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03738_^[21].
• 93 Minerva's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000093^[22].
• 93 Minerva's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[23].
• 93 Minerva's significant event is recorded as naming^[24].
• 93 Minerva's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1429093068613383'}^[25].
• 93 Minerva's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[26].
• 93 Minerva's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.9'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

93 Minerva's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Minerva is named after 93 Minerva^[7].

Why It Matters

93 Minerva ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]