9494 Donici

Summary

9494 Donici is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 9494 Donici is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 9494 Donici is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 9494 Donici is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 9494 Donici's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 9494 Donici's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Nicolae Donici is named after 9494 Donici^[8].
• 9494 Donici's follows is recorded as 9493 Enescu^[9].
• 9494 Donici's followed by is recorded as 9495 Eminescu^[10].
• 9494 Donici's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 9494 Donici's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 9494 Donici's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 VE^[13].
• 9494 Donici's provisional designation is recorded as 3212 T-1^[14].
• 9494 Donici's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1971-03-26T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 9494 Donici's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/069k3g^[16].
• 9494 Donici's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009494^[17].
• 9494 Donici's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 9494 Donici's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08'}^[19].
• 9494 Donici's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0849506'}^[20].
• 9494 Donici's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08459939790752057'}^[21].
• 9494 Donici's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}^[22].
• 9494 Donici's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[23].
• 9494 Donici's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.41'}^[24].
• 9494 Donici's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.76964'}^[25].
• 9494 Donici's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.770101067043857'}^[26].
• 9494 Donici's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.25'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

9494 Donici's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Nicolae Donici is named after 9494 Donici^[8].

Why It Matters

9494 Donici ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]