944 Hidalgo

Summary

944 Hidalgo is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 944 Hidalgo is credited with the discovery of Walter Baade^[3].
• 944 Hidalgo's image is recorded as 944Hidalgo-position.png^[4].
• 944 Hidalgo's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 944 Hidalgo's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory^[6].
• Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla is named after 944 Hidalgo^[7].
• 944 Hidalgo's follows is recorded as 943 Begonia^[8].
• 944 Hidalgo's followed by is recorded as Q158171^[9].
• 944 Hidalgo's minor planet group is recorded as centaur^[10].
• 944 Hidalgo's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Hidalgo symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 944 Hidalgo's Commons category is recorded as 944 Hidalgo^[12].
• 944 Hidalgo's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 944 Hidalgo's provisional designation is recorded as 1920 HZ^[14].
• 944 Hidalgo's provisional designation is recorded as A920 UB^[15].
• 944 Hidalgo's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1920-10-31T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 944 Hidalgo's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ghjr^[17].
• 944 Hidalgo's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000944^[18].
• 944 Hidalgo's asteroid spectral type is recorded as D-type asteroid^[19].
• 944 Hidalgo's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 944 Hidalgo's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.6622230478106673'}^[21].
• 944 Hidalgo's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Hidalgo-asteroid^[22].
• 944 Hidalgo's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.55'}^[23].
• 944 Hidalgo's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+42.567'}^[24].
• 944 Hidalgo's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+42.53593406738054'}^[25].
• 944 Hidalgo's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+5007.693155578201'}^[26].
• 944 Hidalgo's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+10.063'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

944 Hidalgo's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla is named after 944 Hidalgo^[7].

Why It Matters

944 Hidalgo ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]