12652 Groningen

Summary

12652 Groningen is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 12652 Groningen is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 12652 Groningen is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 12652 Groningen is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 12652 Groningen's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 12652 Groningen's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Groningen is named after 12652 Groningen^[8].
• 12652 Groningen's follows is recorded as Q1480284^[9].
• 12652 Groningen's followed by is recorded as 12653 van der Klis^[10].
• 12652 Groningen's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 12652 Groningen's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 12652 Groningen's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 MX1^[13].
• 12652 Groningen's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QP97^[14].
• 12652 Groningen's provisional designation is recorded as 2622 T-3^[15].
• 12652 Groningen's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-16T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 12652 Groningen's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012652^[17].
• 12652 Groningen's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 12652 Groningen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.15'}^[19].
• 12652 Groningen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1452198'}^[20].
• 12652 Groningen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1443663380630336'}^[21].
• 12652 Groningen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.4'}^[22].
• 12652 Groningen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.5'}^[23].
• 12652 Groningen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.14392'}^[24].
• 12652 Groningen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.137682117975766'}^[25].
• 12652 Groningen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.38'}^[26].
• 12652 Groningen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1964.137854526824'}^[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

12652 Groningen has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]