9912 Donizetti

Summary

9912 Donizetti is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 9912 Donizetti is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 9912 Donizetti is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 9912 Donizetti is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 9912 Donizetti's image is recorded as AnimatedOrbitOf9912Donizetti.gif^[6].
• 9912 Donizetti's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[7].
• 9912 Donizetti's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• Gaetano Donizetti is named after 9912 Donizetti^[9].
• 9912 Donizetti's follows is recorded as 9911 Quantz^[10].
• 9912 Donizetti's followed by is recorded as 9913 Humperdinck^[11].
• 9912 Donizetti's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[12].
• 9912 Donizetti's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 9912 Donizetti's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 BH1^[14].
• 9912 Donizetti's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 SJ10^[15].
• 9912 Donizetti's provisional designation is recorded as 2078 T-3^[16].
• 9912 Donizetti's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-16T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 9912 Donizetti's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03mgtqt^[18].
• 9912 Donizetti's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009912^[19].
• 9912 Donizetti's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 9912 Donizetti's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[21].
• 9912 Donizetti's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1494280'}^[22].
• 9912 Donizetti's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1516060361711173'}^[23].
• 9912 Donizetti's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.9'}^[24].
• 9912 Donizetti's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.0'}^[25].
• 9912 Donizetti's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.25'}^[26].
• 9912 Donizetti's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.26574'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

9912 Donizetti's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[7].

History and Context

Gaetano Donizetti is named after 9912 Donizetti^[9].

Why It Matters

9912 Donizetti ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]