12621 Alsufi

Summary

12621 Alsufi is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 12621 Alsufi is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 12621 Alsufi is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 12621 Alsufi is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 12621 Alsufi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 12621 Alsufi's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi is named after 12621 Alsufi^[8].
• 12621 Alsufi's follows is recorded as Q377897^[9].
• 12621 Alsufi's followed by is recorded as Q959940^[10].
• 12621 Alsufi's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 12621 Alsufi's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 12621 Alsufi's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 JJ12^[13].
• 12621 Alsufi's provisional designation is recorded as 6585 P-L^[14].
• 12621 Alsufi's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 12621 Alsufi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0465895^[16].
• 12621 Alsufi's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012621^[17].
• 12621 Alsufi's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 12621 Alsufi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.13'}^[19].
• 12621 Alsufi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1312729'}^[20].
• 12621 Alsufi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1263496192956063'}^[21].
• 12621 Alsufi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.9'}^[22].
• 12621 Alsufi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.97'}^[23].
• 12621 Alsufi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.43069'}^[24].
• 12621 Alsufi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.434054492658022'}^[25].
• 12621 Alsufi's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.48'}^[26].
• 12621 Alsufi's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2005.193689443355'}^[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

12621 Alsufi has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]