11050 Messiaën

Summary

11050 Messiaën is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 11050 Messiaën is credited with the discovery of Freimut Börngen^[3].
• 11050 Messiaën is credited with the discovery of Lutz D. Schmadel^[4].
• 11050 Messiaën's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 11050 Messiaën's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Karl Schwarzschild Observatory^[6].
• Olivier Messiaen is named after 11050 Messiaën^[7].
• 11050 Messiaën's follows is recorded as (11049) 1990 RK2^[8].
• 11050 Messiaën's followed by is recorded as Q1484917^[9].
• 11050 Messiaën's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 11050 Messiaën's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 11050 Messiaën's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 WC5^[12].
• 11050 Messiaën's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 TE7^[13].
• 11050 Messiaën's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-10-13T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 11050 Messiaën's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7ft6^[15].
• 11050 Messiaën's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20011050^[16].
• 11050 Messiaën's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 11050 Messiaën's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.10'}^[18].
• 11050 Messiaën's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0954379'}^[19].
• 11050 Messiaën's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09102140869687134'}^[20].
• 11050 Messiaën's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[21].
• 11050 Messiaën's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.82'}^[22].
• 11050 Messiaën's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.09732'}^[23].
• 11050 Messiaën's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.080943741332604'}^[24].
• 11050 Messiaën's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.12'}^[25].
• 11050 Messiaën's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1873.725547516746'}^[26].
• 11050 Messiaën's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+211.05906'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

11050 Messiaën's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Olivier Messiaen is named after 11050 Messiaën^[7].

Why It Matters

11050 Messiaën 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 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]