10334 Gibbon

Summary

10334 Gibbon is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10334 Gibbon is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 10334 Gibbon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 10334 Gibbon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Edward Gibbon is named after 10334 Gibbon^[6].
• 10334 Gibbon's follows is recorded as 10333 Portnoff^[7].
• 10334 Gibbon's followed by is recorded as (10335) 1991 PG9^[8].
• 10334 Gibbon's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 10334 Gibbon's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 10334 Gibbon's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 PG5^[11].
• 10334 Gibbon's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 PO2^[12].
• 10334 Gibbon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-08-03T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 10334 Gibbon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0465mj8^[14].
• 10334 Gibbon's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010334^[15].
• 10334 Gibbon's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 10334 Gibbon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[17].
• 10334 Gibbon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0724668'}^[18].
• 10334 Gibbon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0689405143550328'}^[19].
• 10334 Gibbon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[20].
• 10334 Gibbon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.56'}^[21].
• 10334 Gibbon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.96405'}^[22].
• 10334 Gibbon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.963497501126709'}^[23].
• 10334 Gibbon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.88'}^[24].
• 10334 Gibbon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1783.119534522595'}^[25].
• 10334 Gibbon's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+225.17658'}^[26].
• 10334 Gibbon's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+224.8978248428932'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10334 Gibbon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Edward Gibbon is named after 10334 Gibbon^[6].

Why It Matters

10334 Gibbon ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]