90709 Wettin

Summary

90709 Wettin is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 90709 Wettin is credited with the discovery of Freimut Börngen^[3].
• 90709 Wettin is credited with the discovery of Lutz D. Schmadel^[4].
• 90709 Wettin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 90709 Wettin's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Karl Schwarzschild Observatory^[6].
• 90709 Wettin's follows is recorded as (90708) 1990 EU^[7].
• 90709 Wettin's followed by is recorded as (90710) 1990 TF6^[8].
• 90709 Wettin's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 90709 Wettin's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 90709 Wettin's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 TX3^[11].
• 90709 Wettin's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 GE29^[12].
• 90709 Wettin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-10-12T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 90709 Wettin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ykz5d^[14].
• 90709 Wettin's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20090709^[15].
• 90709 Wettin's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 90709 Wettin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.20'}^[17].
• 90709 Wettin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1997766244316332'}^[18].
• 90709 Wettin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.3'}^[19].
• 90709 Wettin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.5'}^[20].
• 90709 Wettin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.8'}^[21].
• 90709 Wettin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.814467092696828'}^[22].
• 90709 Wettin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1713.425355055859'}^[23].
• 90709 Wettin's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.4'}^[24].
• 90709 Wettin's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.33687700532131'}^[25].
• 90709 Wettin's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.802277726707746'}^[26].
• 90709 Wettin's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.36210731166937'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

90709 Wettin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

90709 Wettin ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]