9915 Potanin

Summary

9915 Potanin is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 9915 Potanin is credited with the discovery of Nikolai Chernykh^[3].
• 9915 Potanin's image is recorded as AnimatedOrbitOf9915Potanin.gif^[4].
• 9915 Potanin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 9915 Potanin's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[6].
• Grigory Potanin is named after 9915 Potanin^[7].
• 9915 Potanin's follows is recorded as 9914 Obukhova^[8].
• 9915 Potanin's followed by is recorded as 9916 Kibirev^[9].
• 9915 Potanin's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 9915 Potanin's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 9915 Potanin's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 RD2^[12].
• 9915 Potanin's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 SP5^[13].
• 9915 Potanin's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 RS2^[14].
• 9915 Potanin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-09-08T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 9915 Potanin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03mdn_q^[16].
• 9915 Potanin's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009915^[17].
• 9915 Potanin's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 9915 Potanin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.19'}^[19].
• 9915 Potanin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1904196'}^[20].
• 9915 Potanin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1908425259461295'}^[21].
• 9915 Potanin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.3'}^[22].
• 9915 Potanin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.4'}^[23].
• 9915 Potanin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.47'}^[24].
• 9915 Potanin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.2004'}^[25].
• 9915 Potanin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.19903'}^[26].
• 9915 Potanin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.199234277180132'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

9915 Potanin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Grigory Potanin is named after 9915 Potanin^[7].

Why It Matters

9915 Potanin has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]