1217 Maximiliana
asteroid
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Summary
1217 Maximiliana is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Eugène Joseph Delporte[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Royal Observatory of Belgium[4]
- Named after: Max Wolf[5]
- Follows: 1216 Askania[6]
- Followed by: 1218 Aster[7]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[8]
- Commons category: 1217 Maximiliana[9]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[10]
- Provisional designation: 1925 HC[11], 1932 EC[12], 1962 TD[13]
- Time of discovery or invention: March 13, 1932[14]
- Significant event: naming[15]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.155369[16], 0.1546223[17], 0.152922987236597[18]
- Absolute magnitude: 12.6[19], 12.88[20]
- Orbital inclination: 5.15344 degree[21], 5.157540817958994 degree[22]
- Orbital period: 3.61 years[23], 1318.555694902962 day[24]
- Rotation period: 3.2008 hour[25]
- Longitude of ascending node: 148.41739 degree[26], 148.2375772481645 degree[27]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.3531058 astronomical unit[28], 2.353242597942011 astronomical unit[29]
- Apoapsis: 2.717 astronomical unit[30], 2.713107485711713 astronomical unit[31]
- Periapsis: 1.9892631 astronomical unit[32], 1.993377710172308 astronomical unit[33]
- Argument of periapsis: 91.49499 degree[34], 92.18961112553336 degree[35]
- Mean anomaly: 0.22395 degree[36], 294.8686370545361 degree[37]
- Albedo: 0.057[38]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[39]
- Time of periapsis: 2461239.053693135 Julian day[40]
Why It Matters
1217 Maximiliana is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]