10951 Spessart

Summary

10951 Spessart is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 10951 Spessart is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 10951 Spessart is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 10951 Spessart is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 10951 Spessart's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 10951 Spessart's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Spessart is named after 10951 Spessart^[8].
• 10951 Spessart's follows is recorded as 10950 Albertjansen^[9].
• 10951 Spessart's followed by is recorded as Q637439^[10].
• 10951 Spessart's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 10951 Spessart's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 10951 Spessart's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 UL21^[13].
• 10951 Spessart's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 UL2^[14].
• 10951 Spessart's provisional designation is recorded as 4050 P-L^[15].
• 10951 Spessart's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 10951 Spessart's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygrg8^[17].
• 10951 Spessart's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20010951^[18].
• 10951 Spessart's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 10951 Spessart's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07'}^[20].
• 10951 Spessart's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0671942'}^[21].
• 10951 Spessart's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06193244432802004'}^[22].
• 10951 Spessart's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.7'}^[23].
• 10951 Spessart's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.86'}^[24].
• 10951 Spessart's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.60311'}^[25].
• 10951 Spessart's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.624469376880908'}^[26].
• 10951 Spessart's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.16'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3], an astronomer^[28], 1920–2002^[29], of Kingdom of the Netherlands^[30], specialised in astronomy^[31]; Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4], an astronomer^[32], 1921–2015^[33], of Kingdom of the Netherlands^[34], specialised in astronomy^[35]; and Tom Gehrels^[5], an astronomer^[36], 1925–2011^[37], of Kingdom of the Netherlands^[38], awarded the Masursky Award^[39], specialised in astronomy^[40].

Why It Matters

10951 Spessart has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]