9640 Lippens

Summary

9640 Lippens is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 9640 Lippens is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 9640 Lippens's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 9640 Lippens's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• 9640 Lippens's follows is recorded as 9639 Scherer^[6].
• 9640 Lippens's followed by is recorded as 9641 Demazière^[7].
• 9640 Lippens's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 9640 Lippens's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 9640 Lippens's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 CD1^[10].
• 9640 Lippens's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 PP26^[11].
• 9640 Lippens's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1994-08-12T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 9640 Lippens's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y75nx^[13].
• 9640 Lippens's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009640^[14].
• 9640 Lippens's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 9640 Lippens's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[16].
• 9640 Lippens's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1555504'}^[17].
• 9640 Lippens's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1561491270491253'}^[18].
• 9640 Lippens's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[19].
• 9640 Lippens's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}^[20].
• 9640 Lippens's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.48'}^[21].
• 9640 Lippens's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.82842'}^[22].
• 9640 Lippens's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.828986024866193'}^[23].
• 9640 Lippens's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.79'}^[24].
• 9640 Lippens's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1382.093901695266'}^[25].
• 9640 Lippens's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.85436'}^[26].
• 9640 Lippens's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.79526919501786'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

9640 Lippens's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

9640 Lippens ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]