9968 Serpe

Summary

9968 Serpe is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 9968 Serpe is credited with the discovery of Henri Debehogne^[3].
• 9968 Serpe's image is recorded as AnimatedOrbitOf99681992JS2.gif^[4].
• 9968 Serpe's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 9968 Serpe's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[6].
• 9968 Serpe's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[7].
• 9968 Serpe's follows is recorded as 9967 Awanoyumi^[8].
• 9968 Serpe's followed by is recorded as 9969 Braille^[9].
• 9968 Serpe's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 9968 Serpe's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 9968 Serpe's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 VT^[12].
• 9968 Serpe's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 SC2^[13].
• 9968 Serpe's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 KR1^[14].
• 9968 Serpe's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 JS2^[15].
• 9968 Serpe's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-05-04T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 9968 Serpe's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03hjjj7^[17].
• 9968 Serpe's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009968^[18].
• 9968 Serpe's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 9968 Serpe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[20].
• 9968 Serpe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0511938'}^[21].
• 9968 Serpe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05334077130681556'}^[22].
• 9968 Serpe's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.9'}^[23].
• 9968 Serpe's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.0'}^[24].
• 9968 Serpe's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.07'}^[25].
• 9968 Serpe's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.97022'}^[26].
• 9968 Serpe's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.99218'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

9968 Serpe's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

9968 Serpe ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]