1777 Gehrels

Summary

1777 Gehrels is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 32 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 1777 Gehrels is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 1777 Gehrels is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 1777 Gehrels is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 1777 Gehrels is credited with the discovery of Palomar–Leiden survey^[6].
• 1777 Gehrels's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[7].
• 1777 Gehrels's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• Tom Gehrels is named after 1777 Gehrels^[9].
• 1777 Gehrels's follows is recorded as Q143592^[10].
• 1777 Gehrels's followed by is recorded as 1778 Alfvén^[11].
• 1777 Gehrels's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[12].
• 1777 Gehrels's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 1777 Gehrels's provisional designation is recorded as 1937 GN^[14].
• 1777 Gehrels's provisional designation is recorded as 1941 BU^[15].
• 1777 Gehrels's provisional designation is recorded as 1951 QB^[16].
• 1777 Gehrels's provisional designation is recorded as 1958 DA^[17].
• 1777 Gehrels's provisional designation is recorded as 4007 P-L^[18].
• 1777 Gehrels's provisional designation is recorded as A905 UE^[19].
• 1777 Gehrels's provisional designation is recorded as A923 AA^[20].
• 1777 Gehrels's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[21].
• 1777 Gehrels's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2lf0^[22].
• 1777 Gehrels's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001777^[23].
• 1777 Gehrels's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[24].
• 1777 Gehrels's significant event is recorded as naming^[25].
• 1777 Gehrels's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.02'}^[26].
• 1777 Gehrels's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0171434'}^[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]; Tom Gehrels^[5], an astronomer^[36], 1925–2011^[37], of Kingdom of the Netherlands^[38], awarded the Masursky Award^[39], specialised in astronomy^[40]; and Palomar–Leiden survey^[6], an astronomical survey^[41].

Why It Matters

1777 Gehrels has Wikipedia articles in 32 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]