9969 Braille

Summary

9969 Braille is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 9969 Braille is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 9969 Braille is credited with the discovery of Kenneth J. Lawrence^[4].
• 9969 Braille's image is recorded as Braille3.jpg^[5].
• 9969 Braille's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 9969 Braille's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Louis Braille is named after 9969 Braille^[8].
• 9969 Braille's follows is recorded as 9968 Serpe^[9].
• 9969 Braille's followed by is recorded as (9970) 1992 ST1^[10].
• 9969 Braille's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[11].
• 9969 Braille's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh99014088^[12].
• 9969 Braille's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Braille symbol (fixed width).svg^[13].
• 9969 Braille's Commons category is recorded as 9969 Braille^[14].
• 9969 Braille's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[15].
• 9969 Braille's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 KD^[16].
• 9969 Braille's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-05-27T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 9969 Braille's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02s7_k^[18].
• 9969 Braille's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009969^[19].
• 9969 Braille's asteroid spectral type is recorded as Q-type asteroid^[20].
• 9969 Braille's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 9969 Braille's topic's main category is recorded as Category:9969 Braille^[22].
• 9969 Braille's Commons gallery is recorded as 9969 Braille^[23].
• 9969 Braille's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.43124'}^[24].
• 9969 Braille's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4333162'}^[25].
• 9969 Braille's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4341099046088279'}^[26].
• 9969 Braille's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.8'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

9969 Braille's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Louis Braille is named after 9969 Braille^[8].

Why It Matters

9969 Braille ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]