While there is only one Pittsburgh, there are in fact many Pittsburgs. This is a series investigating how our ‘Burgh stacks up against our similarly named brethren in a number of categories both relevant and arbitrary.
Pittsburgh, PA |
484 Pittsburghia |
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304,391 residents (U.S. Census 2015 estimate) |
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Is the second largest city in Pennsylvania and the heart of the 26th largest metropolitan area in the United States. |
Is an asteroid. |
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58.3 square miles (151 km²). |
32 km in diameter. |
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Also known as Steel City, City of Champions, the ‘Burgh. |
Also known as 1902 HX. |
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County seat of Allegheny County; annexed Allegheny City in 1907. |
457 Alleghenia, discovered two years earlier, named for Allegheny City astronomer John Brashear. |
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Home to the historic Allegheny Observatory. |
Was discovered at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory. |
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Inhabited by Native Americans as early as 19,000 years ago. |
Discovered by Max Wolf in 1902. |
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Explore interactive city maps at Google Maps. |
Explore clickable interactive modeling at 3D Asteroid Catalogue. |
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Has two inclines: Monongahela and Duquesne. |
Inclination: 12.512º |
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Eccentricity: Moderate to high. |
Eccentricity: 0.057501 |
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