Himalia

Summary

Himalia is a moon of Jupiter^[1]. Himalia draws 125 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_jupiter category, ranking #10 of 91).^[2]

Key Facts

• Himalia is credited with the discovery of Charles Dillon Perrine^[3].
• Himalia's image is recorded as Himalia.png^[4].
• Himalia's instance of is recorded as moon of Jupiter^[5].
• Himalia's instance of is recorded as irregular moon^[6].
• Himalia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Lick Observatory^[7].
• Himalia is named after Himalia^[8].
• Himalia's Commons category is recorded as Himalia (moon)^[9].
• Himalia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Jupiter^[10].
• Himalia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1904-12-03T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Himalia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01dd45^[12].
• Himalia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[13].
• Himalia's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[14].
• Himalia's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0032676^[15].
• Himalia's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Himalia^[16].
• Himalia's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7031641^[17].
• Himalia's different from is recorded as Himalia^[18].
• Himalia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+29.90917'}^[19].
• Himalia's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14754979', 'amount': '+6.7'}^[20].
• Himalia's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+85'}^[21].
• Himalia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+248.29'}^[22].
• Himalia's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+11493550'}^[23].
• Himalia's NAIF ID is recorded as 506^[24].
• Himalia's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 20452795^[25].
• Himalia's albedo is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}^[26].
• Himalia's surface gravity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1051665', 'amount': '+0.062'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Himalia is credited with the discovery of Charles Dillon Perrine^[3]. Things named for Himalia include Himalia Ridge^[28], a ridge^[29].

Why It Matters

Himalia draws 125 Wikipedia views per month (moon_of_jupiter category, ranking #10 of 91).^[2] Himalia has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Himalia is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for Himalia include Himalia Ridge^[28], a ridge^[29].