497 Iva

Summary

497 Iva is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 497 Iva is credited with the discovery of Raymond Smith Dugan^[3].
• 497 Iva's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 497 Iva's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• Iva Shores is named after 497 Iva^[6].
• 497 Iva followed Q154876^[7].
• 497 Iva was followed by Q154902^[8].
• 497 Iva's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 497 Iva's Commons category is recorded as 497 Iva^[10].
• 497 Iva's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 497 Iva's provisional designation is recorded as A902 VB^[12].
• 497 Iva's provisional designation is recorded as 1947 BN^[13].
• 497 Iva's provisional designation is recorded as 1950 TD3^[14].
• 497 Iva's time of discovery or invention is recorded as November 4, 1902^[15].
• 497 Iva's asteroid spectral type is recorded as M-type asteroid^[16].
• 497 Iva's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 497 Iva's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3006033345580194'}^[18].
• 497 Iva's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.82'}^[19].
• 497 Iva's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.836'}^[20].
• 497 Iva's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.819387882186977'}^[21].
• 497 Iva's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1757.998355777597'}^[22].
• 497 Iva's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+4.62'}^[23].
• 497 Iva's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.305294374789383'}^[24].
• 497 Iva's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.85066833590263'}^[25].
• 497 Iva's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.70758874339392'}^[26].
• 497 Iva's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.993747928411339'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

497 Iva's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Iva Shores is named after 497 Iva^[6].

Why It Matters

497 Iva ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]