10269 Tusi

Summary

10269 Tusi is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10269 Tusi is credited with the discovery of Nikolai Chernykh^[3].
• 10269 Tusi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 10269 Tusi's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• Nasir al-Din al-Tusi is named after 10269 Tusi^[6].
• 10269 Tusi's follows is recorded as (10268) 1979 HW6^[7].
• 10269 Tusi's followed by is recorded as 10270 Skoglöv^[8].
• 10269 Tusi's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 10269 Tusi's Commons category is recorded as 10269 Tusi^[10].
• 10269 Tusi's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 10269 Tusi's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 SU11^[12].
• 10269 Tusi's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 QW^[13].
• 10269 Tusi's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 YY1^[14].
• 10269 Tusi's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1979-09-24T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 10269 Tusi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yhh8p^[16].
• 10269 Tusi's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010269^[17].
• 10269 Tusi's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 10269 Tusi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[19].
• 10269 Tusi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1691720'}^[20].
• 10269 Tusi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1733645467646523'}^[21].
• 10269 Tusi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.6'}^[22].
• 10269 Tusi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.72'}^[23].
• 10269 Tusi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.49626'}^[24].
• 10269 Tusi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.495261622996073'}^[25].
• 10269 Tusi's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.57'}^[26].
• 10269 Tusi's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2033.525435884711'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10269 Tusi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi is named after 10269 Tusi^[6].

Why It Matters

10269 Tusi ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]