968 Petunia

Summary

968 Petunia is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 41 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 968 Petunia is credited with the discovery of Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth^[3].
• 968 Petunia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 968 Petunia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• 968 Petunia followed Q158350^[6].
• 968 Petunia was followed by Q158366^[7].
• 968 Petunia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 968 Petunia's Commons category is recorded as 968 (modex)^[9].
• 968 Petunia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 968 Petunia's provisional designation is recorded as 1921 KW^[11].
• 968 Petunia's provisional designation is recorded as 1935 QK1^[12].
• 968 Petunia's provisional designation is recorded as 1948 KC^[13].
• 968 Petunia's provisional designation is recorded as A921 WJ^[14].
• 968 Petunia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1921-11-24T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 968 Petunia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[16].
• 968 Petunia's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 968 Petunia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1313363093873102'}^[18].
• 968 Petunia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.14'}^[19].
• 968 Petunia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.60329730388993'}^[20].
• 968 Petunia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1774.987769575621'}^[21].
• 968 Petunia's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+61.28'}^[22].
• 968 Petunia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+208.7399039059536'}^[23].
• 968 Petunia's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.869004913575809'}^[24].
• 968 Petunia's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.245809430538914'}^[25].
• 968 Petunia's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.492200396612703'}^[26].
• 968 Petunia's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+298.0271117238984'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

968 Petunia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

968 Petunia has Wikipedia articles in 41 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]