9563 Kitty

Summary

9563 Kitty is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 9563 Kitty is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell^[3].
• 9563 Kitty's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 9563 Kitty's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 9563 Kitty's follows is recorded as Q158269^[6].
• 9563 Kitty's followed by is recorded as 9564 Jeffwynn^[7].
• 9563 Kitty's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 9563 Kitty's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 9563 Kitty's provisional designation is recorded as 1969 UQ1^[10].
• 9563 Kitty's provisional designation is recorded as 1969 VT^[11].
• 9563 Kitty's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 SJ1^[12].
• 9563 Kitty's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-09-21T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 9563 Kitty's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y5vcy^[14].
• 9563 Kitty's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009563^[15].
• 9563 Kitty's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 9563 Kitty's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.23'}^[17].
• 9563 Kitty's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2247721'}^[18].
• 9563 Kitty's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2251988060588215'}^[19].
• 9563 Kitty's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[20].
• 9563 Kitty's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.8'}^[21].
• 9563 Kitty's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.86'}^[22].
• 9563 Kitty's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.56957'}^[23].
• 9563 Kitty's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.570254039716367'}^[24].
• 9563 Kitty's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.62'}^[25].
• 9563 Kitty's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1322.538344529773'}^[26].
• 9563 Kitty's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+5.382'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

9563 Kitty's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

9563 Kitty ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 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]