9913 Humperdinck

Summary

9913 Humperdinck is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 9913 Humperdinck is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 9913 Humperdinck is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 9913 Humperdinck is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 9913 Humperdinck's image is recorded as AnimatedOrbitOf9913Humperdinck.gif^[6].
• 9913 Humperdinck's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[7].
• 9913 Humperdinck's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• Engelbert Humperdinck is named after 9913 Humperdinck^[9].
• 9913 Humperdinck's follows is recorded as 9912 Donizetti^[10].
• 9913 Humperdinck's followed by is recorded as 9914 Obukhova^[11].
• 9913 Humperdinck's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[12].
• 9913 Humperdinck's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 9913 Humperdinck's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 BA7^[14].
• 9913 Humperdinck's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 UU1^[15].
• 9913 Humperdinck's provisional designation is recorded as 4071 T-3^[16].
• 9913 Humperdinck's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-16T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 9913 Humperdinck's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03mgt4l^[18].
• 9913 Humperdinck's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009913^[19].
• 9913 Humperdinck's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 9913 Humperdinck's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[21].
• 9913 Humperdinck's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1458529'}^[22].
• 9913 Humperdinck's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1449053660819531'}^[23].
• 9913 Humperdinck's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.9'}^[24].
• 9913 Humperdinck's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.0'}^[25].
• 9913 Humperdinck's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.17'}^[26].
• 9913 Humperdinck's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.97675'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

9913 Humperdinck's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[7].

History and Context

Engelbert Humperdinck is named after 9913 Humperdinck^[9].

Why It Matters

9913 Humperdinck ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 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]