10769 Minas Gerais

Summary

10769 Minas Gerais is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10769 Minas Gerais is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[5].
• Minas Gerais is named after 10769 Minas Gerais^[6].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's follows is recorded as 10768 Sarutahiko^[7].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's followed by is recorded as 10770 Belo Horizonte^[8].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 UJ5^[11].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 AZ4^[12].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 FQ45^[13].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-10-16T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7h45^[15].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010769^[16].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09'}^[18].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0907434'}^[19].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09296609240669214'}^[20].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.7'}^[21].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.85'}^[22].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.49926'}^[23].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.501975566920784'}^[24].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.39'}^[25].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1965.584940022806'}^[26].
• 10769 Minas Gerais's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+5.51847'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10769 Minas Gerais's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Minas Gerais is named after 10769 Minas Gerais^[6].

Why It Matters

10769 Minas Gerais ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]