189 Phthia

Summary

189 Phthia is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 189 Phthia is credited with the discovery of Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters^[3].
• 189 Phthia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 189 Phthia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Litchfield Observatory^[5].
• Phthia is named after 189 Phthia^[6].
• 189 Phthia followed 188 Menippe^[7].
• 189 Phthia was followed by 190 Ismene^[8].
• 189 Phthia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 189 Phthia's Commons category is recorded as 189 Phthia^[10].
• 189 Phthia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 189 Phthia's provisional designation is recorded as A878 RA^[12].
• 189 Phthia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as September 9, 1878^[13].
• 189 Phthia's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[14].
• 189 Phthia's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 189 Phthia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03724744754257087'}^[16].
• 189 Phthia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.38'}^[17].
• 189 Phthia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'amount': '+5.18'}^[18].
• 189 Phthia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'amount': '+5.173061406514015'}^[19].
• 189 Phthia's orbital period is recorded as {'amount': '+1401.112731877681'}^[20].
• 189 Phthia's rotation period is recorded as {'amount': '+22.346'}^[21].
• 189 Phthia's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'amount': '+203.2728394621434'}^[22].
• 189 Phthia's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'amount': '+2.450472135196357'}^[23].
• 189 Phthia's apoapsis is recorded as {'amount': '+2.541745967506615'}^[24].
• 189 Phthia's periapsis is recorded as {'amount': '+2.359198302886099'}^[25].
• 189 Phthia's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'amount': '+169.2941930982768'}^[26].
• 189 Phthia's mean anomaly is recorded as {'amount': '+129.2747964484045'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

189 Phthia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Phthia is named after 189 Phthia^[6].

Why It Matters

189 Phthia ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]