12655 Benferinga

Summary

12655 Benferinga is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 12655 Benferinga is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 12655 Benferinga is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 12655 Benferinga is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 12655 Benferinga's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 12655 Benferinga's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Ben Feringa is named after 12655 Benferinga^[8].
• 12655 Benferinga's follows is recorded as Q1480293^[9].
• 12655 Benferinga's followed by is recorded as 12656 Gerdebruijn^[10].
• 12655 Benferinga's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 12655 Benferinga's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 12655 Benferinga's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 QA2^[13].
• 12655 Benferinga's provisional designation is recorded as 5041 T-3^[14].
• 12655 Benferinga's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-16T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 12655 Benferinga's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k04tdd^[16].
• 12655 Benferinga's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012655^[17].
• 12655 Benferinga's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 12655 Benferinga's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.10'}^[19].
• 12655 Benferinga's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1020499'}^[20].
• 12655 Benferinga's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1000804025142593'}^[21].
• 12655 Benferinga's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.8'}^[22].
• 12655 Benferinga's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.86'}^[23].
• 12655 Benferinga's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.71704'}^[24].
• 12655 Benferinga's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+11.71764545220315'}^[25].
• 12655 Benferinga's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.3'}^[26].
• 12655 Benferinga's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1936.693603203447'}^[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

12655 Benferinga has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]