9548 Fortran

Summary

9548 Fortran is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 9548 Fortran is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 9548 Fortran's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 9548 Fortran's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[5].
• Fortran is named after 9548 Fortran^[6].
• 9548 Fortran's follows is recorded as (9547) 1985 AE^[7].
• 9548 Fortran's followed by is recorded as 9549 Akplatonov^[8].
• 9548 Fortran's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 9548 Fortran's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 9548 Fortran's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 CN^[11].
• 9548 Fortran's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 PO34^[12].
• 9548 Fortran's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1985-02-13T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 9548 Fortran's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y27qt^[14].
• 9548 Fortran's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009548^[15].
• 9548 Fortran's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 9548 Fortran's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.24'}^[17].
• 9548 Fortran's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2395984'}^[18].
• 9548 Fortran's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2412046408083491'}^[19].
• 9548 Fortran's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.1'}^[20].
• 9548 Fortran's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.38'}^[21].
• 9548 Fortran's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.65052'}^[22].
• 9548 Fortran's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.656104320984234'}^[23].
• 9548 Fortran's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.66'}^[24].
• 9548 Fortran's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1337.494581742124'}^[25].
• 9548 Fortran's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+163.15451'}^[26].
• 9548 Fortran's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+162.9176615242368'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

9548 Fortran's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Fortran is named after 9548 Fortran^[6].

Why It Matters

9548 Fortran ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]