9020 Eucryphia

Summary

9020 Eucryphia is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 9020 Eucryphia is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 9020 Eucryphia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 9020 Eucryphia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Smolyan^[5].
• Eucryphia is named after 9020 Eucryphia^[6].
• 9020 Eucryphia's follows is recorded as Q1193654^[7].
• 9020 Eucryphia's followed by is recorded as Q935793^[8].
• 9020 Eucryphia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 9020 Eucryphia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 9020 Eucryphia's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 VX4^[11].
• 9020 Eucryphia's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 SG2^[12].
• 9020 Eucryphia's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 EK8^[13].
• 9020 Eucryphia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-09-19T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 9020 Eucryphia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1lsx^[15].
• 9020 Eucryphia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009020^[16].
• 9020 Eucryphia's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 9020 Eucryphia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[18].
• 9020 Eucryphia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1704881'}^[19].
• 9020 Eucryphia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1729752415029122'}^[20].
• 9020 Eucryphia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.3'}^[21].
• 9020 Eucryphia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.4'}^[22].
• 9020 Eucryphia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.78'}^[23].
• 9020 Eucryphia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.81047'}^[24].
• 9020 Eucryphia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.813291200021015'}^[25].
• 9020 Eucryphia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.11'}^[26].
• 9020 Eucryphia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1499.908791017179'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

9020 Eucryphia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Eucryphia is named after 9020 Eucryphia^[6].

Why It Matters

9020 Eucryphia ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]