1916 Boreas

Summary

1916 Boreas is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1916 Boreas is credited with the discovery of Sylvain Arend^[3].
• 1916 Boreas's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 1916 Boreas's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 1916 Boreas's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Royal Observatory of Belgium^[6].
• Boreas is named after 1916 Boreas^[7].
• 1916 Boreas's follows is recorded as 1915 Quetzálcoatl^[8].
• 1916 Boreas's followed by is recorded as 1917 Cuyo^[9].
• 1916 Boreas's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[10].
• 1916 Boreas's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 1916 Boreas's Commons category is recorded as 1916 Boreas^[12].
• 1916 Boreas's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 1916 Boreas's provisional designation is recorded as 1953 RA^[14].
• 1916 Boreas's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1953-09-01T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 1916 Boreas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y115y^[16].
• 1916 Boreas's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001916^[17].
• 1916 Boreas's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[18].
• 1916 Boreas's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 1916 Boreas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.44912'}^[20].
• 1916 Boreas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4494497'}^[21].
• 1916 Boreas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4491761651199611'}^[22].
• 1916 Boreas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.93'}^[23].
• 1916 Boreas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.92'}^[24].
• 1916 Boreas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.877'}^[25].
• 1916 Boreas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.87721'}^[26].
• 1916 Boreas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.87711754309365'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4] and near-Earth object^[5].

History and Context

Boreas is named after 1916 Boreas^[7].

Why It Matters

1916 Boreas ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]