205 Martha

Summary

205 Martha is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 205 Martha is credited with the discovery of Johann Palisa^[3].
• 205 Martha's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 205 Martha's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Pula Observatory^[5].
• Martha is named after 205 Martha^[6].
• 205 Martha's follows is recorded as 204 Kallisto^[7].
• 205 Martha's followed by is recorded as 206 Hersilia^[8].
• 205 Martha's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 205 Martha's Commons category is recorded as 205 Martha^[10].
• 205 Martha's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 205 Martha's provisional designation is recorded as A879 TB^[12].
• 205 Martha's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1879-10-13T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 205 Martha's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/057sct^[14].
• 205 Martha's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000205^[15].
• 205 Martha's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[16].
• 205 Martha's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 205 Martha's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03589437685400014'}^[18].
• 205 Martha's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.42'}^[19].
• 205 Martha's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.695'}^[20].
• 205 Martha's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.70634164053522'}^[21].
• 205 Martha's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1690.298278556165'}^[22].
• 205 Martha's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+14.911'}^[23].
• 205 Martha's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+211.7206581120632'}^[24].
• 205 Martha's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.777004700540186'}^[25].
• 205 Martha's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.876683553786705'}^[26].
• 205 Martha's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.677325847293667'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

205 Martha's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Martha is named after 205 Martha^[6].

Why It Matters

205 Martha ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]