9938 Kretlow

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9938 Kretlow

Summary

9938 Kretlow is an asteroid[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 9938 Kretlow is credited with the discovery of Werner Landgraf[3].
  • 9938 Kretlow's image is recorded as AnimatedOrbitOf9938Kretlow.gif[4].
  • 9938 Kretlow's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • 9938 Kretlow's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory[6].
  • 9938 Kretlow's follows is recorded as Q1066695[7].
  • 9938 Kretlow's followed by is recorded as (9939) 1988 VK[8].
  • 9938 Kretlow's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • 9938 Kretlow's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • 9938 Kretlow's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 VE2[11].
  • 9938 Kretlow's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 QL[12].
  • 9938 Kretlow's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 KA[13].
  • 9938 Kretlow's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-05-18T00:00:00Z[14].
  • 9938 Kretlow's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03m76fz[15].
  • 9938 Kretlow's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009938[16].
  • 9938 Kretlow's significant event is recorded as naming[17].
  • 9938 Kretlow's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.19'}[18].
  • 9938 Kretlow's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1899292'}[19].
  • 9938 Kretlow's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.190336499554002'}[20].
  • 9938 Kretlow's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}[21].
  • 9938 Kretlow's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.64'}[22].
  • 9938 Kretlow's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.80361'}[23].
  • 9938 Kretlow's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.80170'}[24].
  • 9938 Kretlow's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.802373172049971'}[25].
  • 9938 Kretlow's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.13'}[26].
  • 9938 Kretlow's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1143.231696072413'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

9938 Kretlow's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].

Why It Matters

9938 Kretlow ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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