986 Amelia

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 986 Amelia is credited with the discovery of Josep Comas i Solà^[3].
• 986 Amelia's image is recorded as 000986-asteroid shape model (986) Amelia.png^[4].
• 986 Amelia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 986 Amelia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Fabra Observatory^[6].
• 986 Amelia's follows is recorded as Q158471^[7].
• 986 Amelia's followed by is recorded as Q158481^[8].
• 986 Amelia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 986 Amelia's Commons category is recorded as 986 Amelia^[10].
• 986 Amelia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 986 Amelia's provisional designation is recorded as 1922 MQ^[12].
• 986 Amelia's provisional designation is recorded as 1935 BK^[13].
• 986 Amelia's provisional designation is recorded as 1966 VA^[14].
• 986 Amelia's provisional designation is recorded as A915 JC^[15].
• 986 Amelia's provisional designation is recorded as A922 UA^[16].
• 986 Amelia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1922-10-19T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 986 Amelia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08mc2n^[18].
• 986 Amelia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000986^[19].
• 986 Amelia's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 986 Amelia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2029465398993509'}^[21].
• 986 Amelia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.37'}^[22].
• 986 Amelia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.792'}^[23].
• 986 Amelia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.81662406932744'}^[24].
• 986 Amelia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2024.244321627458'}^[25].
• 986 Amelia's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+9.52'}^[26].
• 986 Amelia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+92.50178810385549'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

986 Amelia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

986 Amelia 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 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]