951 Gaspra

Summary

951 Gaspra is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.34% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month, #14 of 4,107).^[2]

Key Facts

• 951 Gaspra is credited with the discovery of Grigory Neujmin^[3].
• 951 Gaspra's image is recorded as Galileo Gaspra Mosaic.jpg^[4].
• 951 Gaspra's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 951 Gaspra's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Simeiz Observatory^[6].
• Gaspra is named after 951 Gaspra^[7].
• 951 Gaspra's follows is recorded as 950 Ahrensa^[8].
• 951 Gaspra's followed by is recorded as Q158240^[9].
• 951 Gaspra's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 951 Gaspra's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2009000340^[11].
• 951 Gaspra's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Gaspra symbol (fixed width).svg^[12].
• 951 Gaspra's Commons category is recorded as 951 Gaspra^[13].
• 951 Gaspra's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 951 Gaspra's provisional designation is recorded as 1916 S45^[15].
• 951 Gaspra's provisional designation is recorded as 1955 MG1^[16].
• 951 Gaspra's provisional designation is recorded as A913 YA^[17].
• 951 Gaspra's provisional designation is recorded as A916 OJ^[18].
• 951 Gaspra's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1916-07-30T00:00:00Z^[19].
• 951 Gaspra's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cphm^[20].
• 951 Gaspra's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000951^[21].
• 951 Gaspra's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[22].
• 951 Gaspra's significant event is recorded as naming^[23].
• 951 Gaspra's topic's main category is recorded as Category:951 Gaspra^[24].
• 951 Gaspra's Commons gallery is recorded as 951 Gaspra^[25].
• 951 Gaspra's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1734202896130122'}^[26].
• 951 Gaspra's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.8'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

951 Gaspra's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Gaspra is named after 951 Gaspra^[7].

Why It Matters

951 Gaspra ranks in the top 0.34% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month, #14 of 4,107).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]