174 Phaedra

Summary

174 Phaedra is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 174 Phaedra is credited with the discovery of James Craig Watson^[3].
• 174 Phaedra's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 174 Phaedra's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Detroit Observatory^[5].
• Phaedra is named after 174 Phaedra^[6].
• 174 Phaedra followed 173 Ino^[7].
• 174 Phaedra was followed by 175 Andromache^[8].
• 174 Phaedra's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 174 Phaedra's Commons category is recorded as 174 Phaedra^[10].
• 174 Phaedra's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 174 Phaedra's provisional designation is recorded as A877 RA^[12].
• 174 Phaedra's time of discovery or invention is recorded as September 2, 1877^[13].
• 174 Phaedra's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[14].
• 174 Phaedra's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 174 Phaedra's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1453987165266226'}^[16].
• 174 Phaedra's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.4'}^[17].
• 174 Phaedra's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.13'}^[18].
• 174 Phaedra's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.10491967224068'}^[19].
• 174 Phaedra's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1764.982581904922'}^[20].
• 174 Phaedra's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+5.744'}^[21].
• 174 Phaedra's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+327.2649436806221'}^[22].
• 174 Phaedra's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.858213489912945'}^[23].
• 174 Phaedra's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.273794062905366'}^[24].
• 174 Phaedra's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.442632916920525'}^[25].
• 174 Phaedra's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+291.0212044718528'}^[26].
• 174 Phaedra's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+301.2052487409334'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

174 Phaedra's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Phaedra is named after 174 Phaedra^[6].

Why It Matters

174 Phaedra ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]