1239 Queteleta

Summary

1239 Queteleta is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 37 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 1239 Queteleta is credited with the discovery of Eugène Joseph Delporte^[3].
• 1239 Queteleta's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 1239 Queteleta's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Royal Observatory of Belgium^[5].
• Adolphe Quetelet is named after 1239 Queteleta^[6].
• 1239 Queteleta followed Q137230^[7].
• 1239 Queteleta was followed by Q137248^[8].
• 1239 Queteleta's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 1239 Queteleta's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 1239 Queteleta's provisional designation is recorded as 1932 CB^[11].
• 1239 Queteleta's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 TH3^[12].
• 1239 Queteleta's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1932-02-04T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 1239 Queteleta's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 1239 Queteleta's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.234243'}^[15].
• 1239 Queteleta's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2335150'}^[16].
• 1239 Queteleta's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.230525967871001'}^[17].
• 1239 Queteleta's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.4'}^[18].
• 1239 Queteleta's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.44'}^[19].
• 1239 Queteleta's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.66182'}^[20].
• 1239 Queteleta's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.657103725137518'}^[21].
• 1239 Queteleta's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.34'}^[22].
• 1239 Queteleta's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1586.714401493275'}^[23].
• 1239 Queteleta's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+10.278'}^[24].
• 1239 Queteleta's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+73.16008'}^[25].
• 1239 Queteleta's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+72.96594053718121'}^[26].
• 1239 Queteleta's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.6597273'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

1239 Queteleta's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Adolphe Quetelet is named after 1239 Queteleta^[6].

Why It Matters

1239 Queteleta has Wikipedia articles in 37 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]