10958 Mont Blanc

Summary

10958 Mont Blanc is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10958 Mont Blanc is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 10958 Mont Blanc is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 10958 Mont Blanc is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 10958 Mont Blanc's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 10958 Mont Blanc's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Mont Blanc is named after 10958 Mont Blanc^[8].
• 10958 Mont Blanc's follows is recorded as 10957 Alps^[9].
• 10958 Mont Blanc's followed by is recorded as 10959 Appennino^[10].
• 10958 Mont Blanc's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 10958 Mont Blanc's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 10958 Mont Blanc's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 ET13^[13].
• 10958 Mont Blanc's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 OV13^[14].
• 10958 Mont Blanc's provisional designation is recorded as 6188 P-L^[15].
• 10958 Mont Blanc's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 10958 Mont Blanc's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7js2^[17].
• 10958 Mont Blanc's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010958^[18].
• 10958 Mont Blanc's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 10958 Mont Blanc's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[20].
• 10958 Mont Blanc's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1117700'}^[21].
• 10958 Mont Blanc's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1121256303390924'}^[22].
• 10958 Mont Blanc's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.5'}^[23].
• 10958 Mont Blanc's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.66'}^[24].
• 10958 Mont Blanc's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.20153'}^[25].
• 10958 Mont Blanc's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.201124440836692'}^[26].
• 10958 Mont Blanc's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.34'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10958 Mont Blanc's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Mont Blanc is named after 10958 Mont Blanc^[8].

Why It Matters

10958 Mont Blanc ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 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]