971 Alsatia

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 971 Alsatia is credited with the discovery of Alexandre Schaumasse^[3].
• 971 Alsatia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 971 Alsatia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Nice Observatory^[5].
• Alsace is named after 971 Alsatia^[6].
• 971 Alsatia followed Q158378^[7].
• 971 Alsatia was followed by Q158396^[8].
• 971 Alsatia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 971 Alsatia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 971 Alsatia's provisional designation is recorded as 1921 LF^[11].
• 971 Alsatia's provisional designation is recorded as 1961 AA^[12].
• 971 Alsatia's provisional designation is recorded as A908 UE^[13].
• 971 Alsatia's provisional designation is recorded as A921 WH^[14].
• 971 Alsatia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1921-11-23T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 971 Alsatia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[16].
• 971 Alsatia's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 971 Alsatia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1635511430152405'}^[18].
• 971 Alsatia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.08'}^[19].
• 971 Alsatia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.79482615329175'}^[20].
• 971 Alsatia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1566.130993466277'}^[21].
• 971 Alsatia's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+9.614'}^[22].
• 971 Alsatia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+83.47154988058172'}^[23].
• 971 Alsatia's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.639285903939108'}^[24].
• 971 Alsatia's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.070944130272361'}^[25].
• 971 Alsatia's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.207627677605854'}^[26].
• 971 Alsatia's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.03293624209076'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

971 Alsatia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Alsace is named after 971 Alsatia^[6].

Why It Matters

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