988 Appella

Summary

988 Appella is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 988 Appella is credited with the discovery of Benjamin Jekhowsky^[3].
• 988 Appella's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 988 Appella's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Center of Research in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Geophysics^[5].
• Paul Appell is named after 988 Appella^[6].
• 988 Appella followed Q158481^[7].
• 988 Appella was followed by Q158489^[8].
• 988 Appella's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 988 Appella's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 988 Appella's provisional designation is recorded as 1922 MT^[11].
• 988 Appella's provisional designation is recorded as 1955 QJ1^[12].
• 988 Appella's provisional designation is recorded as A922 VC^[13].
• 988 Appella's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1922-11-10T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 988 Appella's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 988 Appella's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2372199656791333'}^[16].
• 988 Appella's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.62'}^[17].
• 988 Appella's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.57329747504221'}^[18].
• 988 Appella's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2031.245012369684'}^[19].
• 988 Appella's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+120.0'}^[20].
• 988 Appella's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+41.68939979017532'}^[21].
• 988 Appella's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.138888749101202'}^[22].
• 988 Appella's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.883495830433606'}^[23].
• 988 Appella's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.394281667768797'}^[24].
• 988 Appella's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+336.5536506391591'}^[25].
• 988 Appella's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+155.8721372192022'}^[26].
• 988 Appella's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+20.431'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

988 Appella's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Paul Appell is named after 988 Appella^[6].

Why It Matters

988 Appella has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]