10961 Buysballot

Summary

10961 Buysballot is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 10961 Buysballot is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 10961 Buysballot is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 10961 Buysballot is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 10961 Buysballot's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 10961 Buysballot's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• C. H. D. Buys Ballot is named after 10961 Buysballot^[8].
• 10961 Buysballot's follows is recorded as 10960 Gran Sasso^[9].
• 10961 Buysballot's followed by is recorded as 10962 Sonnenborgh^[10].
• 10961 Buysballot's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 10961 Buysballot's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 10961 Buysballot's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 PL1^[13].
• 10961 Buysballot's provisional designation is recorded as 6809 P-L^[14].
• 10961 Buysballot's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 10961 Buysballot's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y145v^[16].
• 10961 Buysballot's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010961^[17].
• 10961 Buysballot's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 10961 Buysballot's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.13'}^[19].
• 10961 Buysballot's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1261887'}^[20].
• 10961 Buysballot's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1268148466767294'}^[21].
• 10961 Buysballot's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.1'}^[22].
• 10961 Buysballot's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.23'}^[23].
• 10961 Buysballot's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.01154'}^[24].
• 10961 Buysballot's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.0105212498508'}^[25].
• 10961 Buysballot's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.3'}^[26].
• 10961 Buysballot's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1205.587774484212'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

10961 Buysballot's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

C. H. D. Buys Ballot is named after 10961 Buysballot^[8].

Why It Matters

10961 Buysballot ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]