988 Appella
988 Appella, provisional designation , is a dark Themistian asteroid and slow rotator from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 26 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 10 November 1922, by Russian–French astronomer Benjamin Jekhowsky at Algiers Observatory in Algeria, North Africa. The asteroid was later named after French mathematician Paul Émile Appel.
Q3863
asteroid
Concept
Q27664618
slow rotator
UNK
Q2179
asteroid belt
Concept
Q722365
Benjamin Jekhowsky
Concept
Q955819
Algiers Observatory
LOC
Q715906
Paul Émile Appel
PER
Q158484
988 Appella
CEL
1922-11-10T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
10 November 1922
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+988^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
988
NUMBER
+26^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
26
NUMBER
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minor planet group
discoverer or inventor
site of astronomical discovery
time of discovery or invention
named after