95 Arethusa

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 95 Arethusa is credited with the discovery of Robert Luther^[3].
• 95 Arethusa's image is recorded as 95Arethusa (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 95 Arethusa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 95 Arethusa's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Düsseldorf-Bilk Observatory^[6].
• Arethusa is named after 95 Arethusa^[7].
• 95 Arethusa's follows is recorded as 94 Aurora^[8].
• 95 Arethusa's followed by is recorded as 96 Aegle^[9].
• 95 Arethusa's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 95 Arethusa's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Arethusa symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 95 Arethusa's Commons category is recorded as 95 Arethusa^[12].
• 95 Arethusa's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 95 Arethusa's provisional designation is recorded as A867 WA^[14].
• 95 Arethusa's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1867-11-23T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 95 Arethusa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0373d2^[16].
• 95 Arethusa's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000095^[17].
• 95 Arethusa's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[18].
• 95 Arethusa's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 95 Arethusa's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1526488584966512'}^[20].
• 95 Arethusa's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• 95 Arethusa's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.97'}^[22].
• 95 Arethusa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.998'}^[23].
• 95 Arethusa's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.00999170570035'}^[24].
• 95 Arethusa's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2655272', 'amount': '+2.6'}^[25].
• 95 Arethusa's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1958.971540806639'}^[26].
• 95 Arethusa's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+8.705'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

95 Arethusa's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Arethusa is named after 95 Arethusa^[7].

Why It Matters

95 Arethusa ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]