10937 Ferris

Summary

10937 Ferris is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10937 Ferris is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 10937 Ferris's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 10937 Ferris's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 10937 Ferris's follows is recorded as (10936) 1998 FN11^[6].
• 10937 Ferris's followed by is recorded as 10938 Lorenzalevy^[7].
• 10937 Ferris's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 10937 Ferris's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[9].
• 10937 Ferris's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 10937 Ferris's provisional designation is recorded as 1964 WS^[11].
• 10937 Ferris's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 PW3^[12].
• 10937 Ferris's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 UA17^[13].
• 10937 Ferris's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 CQ7^[14].
• 10937 Ferris's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 RP4^[15].
• 10937 Ferris's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 HA8^[16].
• 10937 Ferris's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 JW16^[17].
• 10937 Ferris's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QW54^[18].
• 10937 Ferris's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-08-27T00:00:00Z^[19].
• 10937 Ferris's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/078cn1^[20].
• 10937 Ferris's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010937^[21].
• 10937 Ferris's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 10937 Ferris's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03'}^[23].
• 10937 Ferris's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0262834'}^[24].
• 10937 Ferris's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.01907894771612862'}^[25].
• 10937 Ferris's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.4'}^[26].
• 10937 Ferris's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.65'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10937 Ferris's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

10937 Ferris 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 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]