951 Gaspra
main-belt asteroid
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Summary
951 Gaspra is an asteroid[1]. It ranks in the top 0.34% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (445 views/month, #14 of 4,107).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Grigory Neujmin[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Simeiz Observatory[4]
- Named after: Gaspra[5]
- Follows: 950 Ahrensa[6]
- Followed by: 952 Caia[7]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[8]
- Commons category: 951 Gaspra[9]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[10]
- Provisional designation: 1916 S45[11], 1955 MG1[12], A913 YA[13], A916 OJ[14]
- Time of discovery or invention: July 30, 1916[15]
- Asteroid spectral type: S-type asteroid[16]
- Significant event: naming[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:951 Gaspra[18]
- Commons gallery: 951 Gaspra[19]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.1734202896130122[20]
- Apparent magnitude: 16.8[21]
- Topic has template: Template:GeoTemplate/gaspra[22]
- Absolute magnitude: 11.46[23]
- Color index: 0.870[24]
- Different from: Gaspra[25]
- Orbital inclination: 4.102 degree[26], 4.105754340130082 degree[27]
- Density: 2.7 gram per cubic centimetre[28]
- Orbital period: 1200.205198698645 day[29]
- Rotation period: 7.042 hour[30]
- Longitude of ascending node: 252.987864842457 degree[31]
Why It Matters
951 Gaspra has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]