9962 Pfau

Summary

9962 Pfau is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 9962 Pfau is credited with the discovery of Freimut Börngen^[3].
• 9962 Pfau's image is recorded as AnimatedOrbitOf9962Pfau.gif^[4].
• 9962 Pfau's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 9962 Pfau's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Karl Schwarzschild Observatory^[6].
• Werner Pfau is named after 9962 Pfau^[7].
• 9962 Pfau's follows is recorded as (9961) 1991 XK^[8].
• 9962 Pfau's followed by is recorded as 9963 Sandage^[9].
• 9962 Pfau's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 9962 Pfau's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 9962 Pfau's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 YL1^[12].
• 9962 Pfau's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 FJ3^[13].
• 9962 Pfau's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 HN26^[14].
• 9962 Pfau's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-12-28T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 9962 Pfau's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03hkg9n^[16].
• 9962 Pfau's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009962^[17].
• 9962 Pfau's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 9962 Pfau's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[19].
• 9962 Pfau's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1413463'}^[20].
• 9962 Pfau's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1413635840029276'}^[21].
• 9962 Pfau's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[22].
• 9962 Pfau's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[23].
• 9962 Pfau's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.82'}^[24].
• 9962 Pfau's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.79066'}^[25].
• 9962 Pfau's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.79049'}^[26].
• 9962 Pfau's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.7913784709738334'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

9962 Pfau's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Werner Pfau is named after 9962 Pfau^[7].

Why It Matters

9962 Pfau ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]