9950 ESA

Summary

9950 ESA is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 9950 ESA is credited with the discovery of Christian Pollas^[3].
• 9950 ESA's image is recorded as AnimatedOrbitOf9950ESA.gif^[4].
• 9950 ESA's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 9950 ESA's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 9950 ESA's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Côte d'Azur Observatory^[7].
• 9950 ESA's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Caussols^[8].
• European Space Agency is named after 9950 ESA^[9].
• 9950 ESA's follows is recorded as 9949 Brontosaurus^[10].
• 9950 ESA's followed by is recorded as Q653533^[11].
• 9950 ESA's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[12].
• 9950 ESA's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 9950 ESA's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 VB^[14].
• 9950 ESA's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-11-08T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 9950 ESA's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03hndxp^[16].
• 9950 ESA's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009950^[17].
• 9950 ESA's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 9950 ESA's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5301027'}^[19].
• 9950 ESA's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5328725'}^[20].
• 9950 ESA's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5329201407438402'}^[21].
• 9950 ESA's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.8'}^[22].
• 9950 ESA's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.1'}^[23].
• 9950 ESA's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.21'}^[24].
• 9950 ESA's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.5866769353459'}^[25].
• 9950 ESA's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.59744'}^[26].
• 9950 ESA's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.59304252411076'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[5] and near-Earth object^[6].

History and Context

European Space Agency is named after 9950 ESA^[9].

Why It Matters

9950 ESA ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]