10959 Appennino

Summary

10959 Appennino is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10959 Appennino is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 10959 Appennino is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 10959 Appennino is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 10959 Appennino's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 10959 Appennino's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Apennines is named after 10959 Appennino^[8].
• 10959 Appennino's follows is recorded as 10958 Mont Blanc^[9].
• 10959 Appennino's followed by is recorded as 10960 Gran Sasso^[10].
• 10959 Appennino's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 10959 Appennino's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 10959 Appennino's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 XO2^[13].
• 10959 Appennino's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 VT3^[14].
• 10959 Appennino's provisional designation is recorded as 6579 P-L^[15].
• 10959 Appennino's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 10959 Appennino's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0tg3^[17].
• 10959 Appennino's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010959^[18].
• 10959 Appennino's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 10959 Appennino's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09'}^[20].
• 10959 Appennino's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0909598'}^[21].
• 10959 Appennino's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09007000985544063'}^[22].
• 10959 Appennino's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[23].
• 10959 Appennino's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.47'}^[24].
• 10959 Appennino's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.15027'}^[25].
• 10959 Appennino's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.150219113088001'}^[26].
• 10959 Appennino's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.66'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10959 Appennino's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Apennines is named after 10959 Appennino^[8].

Why It Matters

10959 Appennino ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]