11969 Gay-Lussac

Summary

11969 Gay-Lussac is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 11969 Gay-Lussac is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[5].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac is named after 11969 Gay-Lussac^[7].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's follows is recorded as Q1485405^[8].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's followed by is recorded as Q2488920^[9].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 UA19^[12].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 VT7^[13].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 PC37^[14].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1994-08-10T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2l55^[16].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20011969^[17].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08'}^[19].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0822235'}^[20].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07969929641474875'}^[21].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}^[22].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.23'}^[23].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.49298'}^[24].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.48886702146174'}^[25].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.64'}^[26].
• 11969 Gay-Lussac's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1695.02202226858'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

11969 Gay-Lussac's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac is named after 11969 Gay-Lussac^[7].

Why It Matters

11969 Gay-Lussac ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]