9706 Bouma

Summary

9706 Bouma is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 9706 Bouma is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 9706 Bouma is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 9706 Bouma is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 9706 Bouma's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 9706 Bouma's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Reinder J. Bouma is named after 9706 Bouma^[8].
• 9706 Bouma's follows is recorded as 9705 Drummen^[9].
• 9706 Bouma's followed by is recorded as 9707 Petruskoning^[10].
• 9706 Bouma's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 9706 Bouma's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 9706 Bouma's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 DX6^[13].
• 9706 Bouma's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 BM^[14].
• 9706 Bouma's provisional designation is recorded as 3176 T-3^[15].
• 9706 Bouma's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-16T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 9706 Bouma's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y11mp^[17].
• 9706 Bouma's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009706^[18].
• 9706 Bouma's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 9706 Bouma's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[20].
• 9706 Bouma's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1052923'}^[21].
• 9706 Bouma's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1028764801831103'}^[22].
• 9706 Bouma's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.4'}^[23].
• 9706 Bouma's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.6'}^[24].
• 9706 Bouma's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.42366'}^[25].
• 9706 Bouma's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.4219853952732296'}^[26].
• 9706 Bouma's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.21'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

9706 Bouma's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Reinder J. Bouma is named after 9706 Bouma^[8].

Why It Matters

9706 Bouma 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 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]