94 Aurora

Summary

94 Aurora is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 94 Aurora is credited with the discovery of James Craig Watson^[3].
• 94 Aurora's image is recorded as 94Aurora (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 94 Aurora's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 94 Aurora's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Detroit Observatory^[6].
• Aurora is named after 94 Aurora^[7].
• 94 Aurora's follows is recorded as 93 Minerva^[8].
• 94 Aurora's followed by is recorded as 95 Arethusa^[9].
• 94 Aurora's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 94 Aurora's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Aurora symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 94 Aurora's Commons category is recorded as 94 Aurora^[12].
• 94 Aurora's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 94 Aurora's provisional designation is recorded as A912 TC^[14].
• 94 Aurora's provisional designation is recorded as A867 RA^[15].
• 94 Aurora's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1867-09-06T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 94 Aurora's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03739t^[17].
• 94 Aurora's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000094^[18].
• 94 Aurora's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[19].
• 94 Aurora's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 94 Aurora's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09638484422090386'}^[21].
• 94 Aurora's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.72'}^[22].
• 94 Aurora's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.966'}^[23].
• 94 Aurora's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.969781979986331'}^[24].
• 94 Aurora's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2048.229493400645'}^[25].
• 94 Aurora's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+7.22'}^[26].
• 94 Aurora's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.518052144635324'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

94 Aurora's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Aurora is named after 94 Aurora^[7].

Why It Matters

94 Aurora ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]