679 Pax

Summary

679 Pax is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 679 Pax is credited with the discovery of August Kopff^[3].
• 679 Pax's image is recorded as 679Pax (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 679 Pax's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 679 Pax's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[6].
• Pax is named after 679 Pax^[7].
• 679 Pax's follows is recorded as Q156436^[8].
• 679 Pax's followed by is recorded as Q156450^[9].
• 679 Pax's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 679 Pax's Commons category is recorded as 679 Pax^[11].
• 679 Pax's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 679 Pax's provisional designation is recorded as 1909 FY^[13].
• 679 Pax's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 QD^[14].
• 679 Pax's provisional designation is recorded as A909 BR^[15].
• 679 Pax's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1909-01-28T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 679 Pax's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08lzhc^[17].
• 679 Pax's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000679^[18].
• 679 Pax's asteroid spectral type is recorded as K-type asteroid^[19].
• 679 Pax's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 679 Pax's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3102330058693142'}^[21].
• 679 Pax's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.14'}^[22].
• 679 Pax's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.353'}^[23].
• 679 Pax's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.417508746376'}^[24].
• 679 Pax's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1518.53880903257'}^[25].
• 679 Pax's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+8.452'}^[26].
• 679 Pax's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+112.0748568681493'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

679 Pax's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Pax is named after 679 Pax^[7].

Why It Matters

679 Pax ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]