10957 Alps

Summary

10957 Alps is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10957 Alps is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 10957 Alps is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 10957 Alps is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 10957 Alps's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 10957 Alps's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Alps is named after 10957 Alps^[8].
• 10957 Alps's follows is recorded as Q730532^[9].
• 10957 Alps's followed by is recorded as 10958 Mont Blanc^[10].
• 10957 Alps's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 10957 Alps's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 10957 Alps's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 FM17^[13].
• 10957 Alps's provisional designation is recorded as 6068 P-L^[14].
• 10957 Alps's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 10957 Alps's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0r1p^[16].
• 10957 Alps's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010957^[17].
• 10957 Alps's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 10957 Alps's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[19].
• 10957 Alps's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1108217'}^[20].
• 10957 Alps's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.106423195934524'}^[21].
• 10957 Alps's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[22].
• 10957 Alps's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.11'}^[23].
• 10957 Alps's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.03156'}^[24].
• 10957 Alps's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.040594068369301'}^[25].
• 10957 Alps's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.12'}^[26].
• 10957 Alps's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1874.263181271761'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10957 Alps's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Alps is named after 10957 Alps^[8].

Why It Matters

10957 Alps ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]