9956 Castellaz

Summary

9956 Castellaz is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 9956 Castellaz is credited with the discovery of Lutz D. Schmadel^[3].
• 9956 Castellaz is credited with the discovery of Freimut Börngen^[4].
• 9956 Castellaz's image is recorded as AnimatedOrbitOf9956Castellaz.gif^[5].
• 9956 Castellaz's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 9956 Castellaz's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Karl Schwarzschild Observatory^[7].
• 9956 Castellaz's follows is recorded as (9955) 1991 PU11^[8].
• 9956 Castellaz's followed by is recorded as 9957 Raffaellosanti^[9].
• 9956 Castellaz's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 9956 Castellaz's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 9956 Castellaz's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 TX4^[12].
• 9956 Castellaz's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 RG12^[13].
• 9956 Castellaz's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-10-05T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 9956 Castellaz's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03hmtyn^[15].
• 9956 Castellaz's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009956^[16].
• 9956 Castellaz's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 9956 Castellaz's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[18].
• 9956 Castellaz's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1434985'}^[19].
• 9956 Castellaz's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1441641247166982'}^[20].
• 9956 Castellaz's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}^[21].
• 9956 Castellaz's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[22].
• 9956 Castellaz's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.53'}^[23].
• 9956 Castellaz's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.83703'}^[24].
• 9956 Castellaz's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.83251'}^[25].
• 9956 Castellaz's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.834697880945867'}^[26].
• 9956 Castellaz's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.29'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

9956 Castellaz's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

Why It Matters

9956 Castellaz ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]