11757 Salpeter

Summary

11757 Salpeter is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 11757 Salpeter is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 11757 Salpeter is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 11757 Salpeter is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 11757 Salpeter's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 11757 Salpeter's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Edwin Ernest Salpeter is named after 11757 Salpeter^[8].
• 11757 Salpeter's follows is recorded as Q1485212^[9].
• 11757 Salpeter's followed by is recorded as 11758 Sargent^[10].
• 11757 Salpeter's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 11757 Salpeter's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 11757 Salpeter's provisional designation is recorded as 2799 P-L^[13].
• 11757 Salpeter's provisional designation is recorded as 5180 T-3^[14].
• 11757 Salpeter's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 11757 Salpeter's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yg2x0^[16].
• 11757 Salpeter's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20011757^[17].
• 11757 Salpeter's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 11757 Salpeter's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.24'}^[19].
• 11757 Salpeter's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2412383'}^[20].
• 11757 Salpeter's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2408576939443878'}^[21].
• 11757 Salpeter's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.0'}^[22].
• 11757 Salpeter's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.18'}^[23].
• 11757 Salpeter's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+29.61516'}^[24].
• 11757 Salpeter's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+29.62587498772323'}^[25].
• 11757 Salpeter's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.56'}^[26].
• 11757 Salpeter's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2032.703269685154'}^[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

11757 Salpeter has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]