10473 Thirouin

Summary

10473 Thirouin is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10473 Thirouin is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 10473 Thirouin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 10473 Thirouin's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• Audrey Thirouin is named after 10473 Thirouin^[6].
• 10473 Thirouin's follows is recorded as 10472 Santana-Ros^[7].
• 10473 Thirouin's followed by is recorded as 10474 Pecina^[8].
• 10473 Thirouin's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 10473 Thirouin's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 10473 Thirouin's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 QT^[11].
• 10473 Thirouin's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 EL21^[12].
• 10473 Thirouin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-02T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 10473 Thirouin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j5gyb7^[14].
• 10473 Thirouin's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010473^[15].
• 10473 Thirouin's asteroid spectral type is recorded as K-type asteroid^[16].
• 10473 Thirouin's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 10473 Thirouin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09'}^[18].
• 10473 Thirouin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0932156'}^[19].
• 10473 Thirouin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09634739323954225'}^[20].
• 10473 Thirouin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.6'}^[21].
• 10473 Thirouin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.8'}^[22].
• 10473 Thirouin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.11522'}^[23].
• 10473 Thirouin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.116442133093736'}^[24].
• 10473 Thirouin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.48'}^[25].
• 10473 Thirouin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1634.302289575069'}^[26].
• 10473 Thirouin's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+3.749'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10473 Thirouin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Audrey Thirouin is named after 10473 Thirouin^[6].

Why It Matters

10473 Thirouin ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]