957 Camelia
main-belt asteroid
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Summary
957 Camelia is an asteroid[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory[4]
- Follows: 956 Elisa[5]
- Followed by: 958 Asplinda[6]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[7]
- Commons category: 957 Camelia[8]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[9]
- Provisional designation: 1921 JX[10], 1932 AG[11], 1958 BM[12], A921 RF[13]
- Time of discovery or invention: September 7, 1921[14]
- Significant event: naming[15]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.0820946166736326[16]
- Absolute magnitude: 9.88[17]
- Orbital inclination: 14.76020637660471 degree[18]
- Orbital period: 1822.732409731884 day[19]
- Rotation period: 85.05 hour[20]
- Longitude of ascending node: 232.6224409818211 degree[21]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.920225075997523 astronomical unit[22]
- Apoapsis: 3.15995983421227 astronomical unit[23]
- Periapsis: 2.680490317782777 astronomical unit[24]
- Argument of periapsis: 226.6160713398717 degree[25]
- Mean anomaly: 232.1785892530116 degree[26]
- Diameter: 91.548 km[27]
- Albedo: 0.025[28]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[29]
- Time of periapsis: 2461647.678411184 Julian day[30]
Why It Matters
957 Camelia has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]