628 Christine

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 628 Christine is credited with the discovery of August Kopff^[3].
• 628 Christine's image is recorded as 628Christine (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 628 Christine's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 628 Christine's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[6].
• 628 Christine's follows is recorded as 627 Charis^[7].
• 628 Christine's followed by is recorded as Q155969^[8].
• 628 Christine's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 628 Christine's Commons category is recorded as 628 Christine^[10].
• 628 Christine's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 628 Christine's provisional designation is recorded as 1907 XT^[12].
• 628 Christine's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 AT2^[13].
• 628 Christine's provisional designation is recorded as A907 EK^[14].
• 628 Christine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1907-03-07T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 628 Christine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08lylr^[16].
• 628 Christine's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000628^[17].
• 628 Christine's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[18].
• 628 Christine's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 628 Christine's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04259633562952259'}^[20].
• 628 Christine's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.25'}^[21].
• 628 Christine's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.527'}^[22].
• 628 Christine's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.52387375417127'}^[23].
• 628 Christine's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1514.742167115785'}^[24].
• 628 Christine's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+16.1783'}^[25].
• 628 Christine's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+112.0760360415935'}^[26].
• 628 Christine's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.581230921370118'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

628 Christine's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

628 Christine ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]