768 Struveana

Summary

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

Key Facts

• 768 Struveana is credited with the discovery of Grigory Neujmin^[3].
• 768 Struveana's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 768 Struveana's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Simeiz Observatory^[5].
• Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve is named after 768 Struveana^[6].
• Otto Wilhelm von Struve is named after 768 Struveana^[7].
• Hermann Struve is named after 768 Struveana^[8].
• 768 Struveana's follows is recorded as 767 Bondia^[9].
• 768 Struveana's followed by is recorded as Q157006^[10].
• 768 Struveana's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 768 Struveana's Commons category is recorded as 768 Struveana^[12].
• 768 Struveana's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 768 Struveana's provisional designation is recorded as 1913 SZ^[14].
• 768 Struveana's provisional designation is recorded as A913 TC^[15].
• 768 Struveana's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1913-10-04T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 768 Struveana's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08m0dc^[17].
• 768 Struveana's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000768^[18].
• 768 Struveana's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[19].
• 768 Struveana's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 768 Struveana's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2149355852212678'}^[21].
• 768 Struveana's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.23'}^[22].
• 768 Struveana's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.236'}^[23].
• 768 Struveana's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.2739125718758'}^[24].
• 768 Struveana's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2029.262158629222'}^[25].
• 768 Struveana's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+10.753'}^[26].
• 768 Struveana's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+38.8674024460438'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

768 Struveana's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Things named after include Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve^[6], an astronomer^[28], 1793–1864^[29], of Duchy of Holstein^[30], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[31], specialised in astronomy^[32]; Otto Wilhelm von Struve^[7], an astronomer^[33], 1819–1905^[34], of Russian Empire^[35], awarded the Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order^[36], specialised in astronomy^[37]; and Hermann Struve^[8], an astronomer^[38], 1854–1920^[39], of Russian Empire^[40], awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society^[41].

Why It Matters

768 Struveana ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]