12609 Apollodoros

Summary

12609 Apollodoros is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 12609 Apollodoros is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 12609 Apollodoros is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 12609 Apollodoros is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 12609 Apollodoros's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 12609 Apollodoros's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Apollodorus of Athens is named after 12609 Apollodoros^[8].
• 12609 Apollodoros's follows is recorded as Q584034^[9].
• 12609 Apollodoros's followed by is recorded as 12610 Hãfez^[10].
• 12609 Apollodoros's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 12609 Apollodoros's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 12609 Apollodoros's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 GY11^[13].
• 12609 Apollodoros's provisional designation is recorded as 2155 P-L^[14].
• 12609 Apollodoros's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 12609 Apollodoros's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c3xrsj^[16].
• 12609 Apollodoros's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012609^[17].
• 12609 Apollodoros's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 12609 Apollodoros's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.18'}^[19].
• 12609 Apollodoros's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1847347'}^[20].
• 12609 Apollodoros's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1824624995125527'}^[21].
• 12609 Apollodoros's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.1'}^[22].
• 12609 Apollodoros's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.24'}^[23].
• 12609 Apollodoros's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.87706'}^[24].
• 12609 Apollodoros's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.8751033121794267'}^[25].
• 12609 Apollodoros's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.5'}^[26].
• 12609 Apollodoros's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2014.105769826669'}^[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

12609 Apollodoros has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]