(9205) Eddywally Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 August 1994 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Named in honor of Eduard Van de Walle (b. 1930), Flemish singer known as the “Voice of Europe”. In a career that spans more than half a century, he recently scored a record sale of one million singles of his song “Chérie”. He is also the first well-known Western musician to sing in Chinese. In Ertvelde (near Ghent) he operates the club “Paris-Vegas”, which each weekend is visited by many fans.Naming citation (19990202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Eddywally is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Eddywally is 3.15 au from the Sun and 3.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 9205 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 PO9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 12.7 km (#3,811 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0990 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.28 |
| Orbital period | 5.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.115 |
| Inclination | 0.597° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.82 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Eduard
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Also discovered on 10 August 1994
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- (9393) Apta
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- (9395) Saint Michel
- (9638) Fuchs
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