946 Poësia
main-belt asteroid
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Summary
946 Poësia is an asteroid[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Max Wolf[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory[4]
- Follows: 945 Barcelona[5]
- Followed by: 947 Monterosa[6]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[7]
- Commons category: 946 Poësia[8]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[9]
- Provisional designation: 1921 JC[10], 1959 AA[11], A911 KB[12], A921 CD[13]
- Time of discovery or invention: February 11, 1921[14]
- Asteroid spectral type: F-type asteroid[15]
- Significant event: naming[16]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.1428496836140388[17]
- Absolute magnitude: 10.6[18]
- Orbital inclination: 1.433 degree[19], 1.429287374756598 degree[20]
- Orbital period: 2011.387472478279 day[21]
- Rotation period: 108.5 hour[22]
- Longitude of ascending node: 69.65231744080702 degree[23]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 3.11839799597409 astronomical unit[24]
- Apoapsis: 3.563860163081641 astronomical unit[25]
- Periapsis: 2.672935828866538 astronomical unit[26]
- Argument of periapsis: 36.41884321353906 degree[27]
- Mean anomaly: 29.7742066445621 degree[28]
- Diameter: 36.21 km[29]
- Albedo: 0.097[30]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[31]
Why It Matters
946 Poësia has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]