10690 Massera

Summary

10690 Massera is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10690 Massera is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 10690 Massera's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 10690 Massera's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• 10690 Massera's follows is recorded as 10689 Pinillaalonso^[6].
• 10690 Massera's followed by is recorded as 10691 Sans^[7].
• 10690 Massera's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[8].
• 10690 Massera's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 10690 Massera's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 DZ9^[10].
• 10690 Massera's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 DO3^[11].
• 10690 Massera's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-02-28T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 10690 Massera's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010690^[13].
• 10690 Massera's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 10690 Massera's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[15].
• 10690 Massera's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1216922'}^[16].
• 10690 Massera's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1277757392067686'}^[17].
• 10690 Massera's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[18].
• 10690 Massera's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.63'}^[19].
• 10690 Massera's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.10417'}^[20].
• 10690 Massera's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.135134333098946'}^[21].
• 10690 Massera's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.74'}^[22].
• 10690 Massera's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2095.934187949586'}^[23].
• 10690 Massera's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+288.86090'}^[24].
• 10690 Massera's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+288.5792070233192'}^[25].
• 10690 Massera's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.2051950'}^[26].
• 10690 Massera's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.20518284718985'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10690 Massera's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

10690 Massera ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]