982 Franklina

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 982 Franklina is credited with the discovery of Harry Edwin Wood^[3].
• 982 Franklina's image is recorded as 000982-asteroid shape model (982) Franklina.png^[4].
• 982 Franklina's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 982 Franklina's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Union Observatory^[6].
• John Franklin-Adams is named after 982 Franklina^[7].
• 982 Franklina's follows is recorded as Q158453^[8].
• 982 Franklina's followed by is recorded as Q158461^[9].
• 982 Franklina's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 982 Franklina's Commons category is recorded as 982 Franklina^[11].
• 982 Franklina's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 982 Franklina's provisional designation is recorded as 1922 MD^[13].
• 982 Franklina's provisional designation is recorded as 1928 QF^[14].
• 982 Franklina's provisional designation is recorded as 1938 HG^[15].
• 982 Franklina's provisional designation is recorded as A922 KF^[16].
• 982 Franklina's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1922-05-21T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 982 Franklina's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08mc14^[18].
• 982 Franklina's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000982^[19].
• 982 Franklina's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 982 Franklina's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2328476589441542'}^[21].
• 982 Franklina's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.05'}^[22].
• 982 Franklina's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.64783959325906'}^[23].
• 982 Franklina's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1963.850802270247'}^[24].
• 982 Franklina's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+263.5'}^[25].
• 982 Franklina's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+299.1351937213336'}^[26].
• 982 Franklina's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.069069399614772'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

982 Franklina's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

John Franklin-Adams is named after 982 Franklina^[7].

Why It Matters

982 Franklina ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]