98 Ianthe

Summary

98 Ianthe is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 98 Ianthe is credited with the discovery of Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters^[3].
• 98 Ianthe's image is recorded as 98Ianthe (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 98 Ianthe's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 98 Ianthe's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Litchfield Observatory^[6].
• Ianthe is named after 98 Ianthe^[7].
• 98 Ianthe's follows is recorded as 97 Klotho^[8].
• 98 Ianthe's followed by is recorded as 99 Dike^[9].
• 98 Ianthe's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 98 Ianthe's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Ianthe symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 98 Ianthe's Commons category is recorded as 98 Ianthe^[12].
• 98 Ianthe's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 98 Ianthe's provisional designation is recorded as 1931 RK1^[14].
• 98 Ianthe's provisional designation is recorded as 1949 SE1^[15].
• 98 Ianthe's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 XO^[16].
• 98 Ianthe's provisional designation is recorded as A868 HA^[17].
• 98 Ianthe's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1868-04-18T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 98 Ianthe's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0373n0^[19].
• 98 Ianthe's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000098^[20].
• 98 Ianthe's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[21].
• 98 Ianthe's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 98 Ianthe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1878739662089167'}^[23].
• 98 Ianthe's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.96'}^[24].
• 98 Ianthe's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.613'}^[25].
• 98 Ianthe's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.57591383219321'}^[26].
• 98 Ianthe's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1609.046799963197'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

98 Ianthe's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Ianthe is named after 98 Ianthe^[7].

Why It Matters

98 Ianthe ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]