9963 Sandage

Summary

9963 Sandage is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 9963 Sandage is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 9963 Sandage's image is recorded as AnimatedOrbitOf9963Sandage.gif^[4].
• 9963 Sandage's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 9963 Sandage's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• Allan Sandage is named after 9963 Sandage^[7].
• 9963 Sandage's follows is recorded as 9962 Pfau^[8].
• 9963 Sandage's followed by is recorded as 9964 Hideyonoguchi^[9].
• 9963 Sandage's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 9963 Sandage's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 9963 Sandage's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 NH^[12].
• 9963 Sandage's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 CK6^[13].
• 9963 Sandage's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 AN^[14].
• 9963 Sandage's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-01-09T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 9963 Sandage's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03hk5l6^[16].
• 9963 Sandage's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009963^[17].
• 9963 Sandage's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 9963 Sandage's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.28'}^[19].
• 9963 Sandage's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2806600'}^[20].
• 9963 Sandage's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2802968762235709'}^[21].
• 9963 Sandage's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.9'}^[22].
• 9963 Sandage's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.0'}^[23].
• 9963 Sandage's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.02'}^[24].
• 9963 Sandage's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.45447'}^[25].
• 9963 Sandage's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.45884'}^[26].
• 9963 Sandage's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.47046222834906'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

9963 Sandage's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Allan Sandage is named after 9963 Sandage^[7].

Why It Matters

9963 Sandage ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]