1924 Horus

Summary

1924 Horus is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 34 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 1924 Horus is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 1924 Horus is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 1924 Horus is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 1924 Horus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 1924 Horus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Horus is named after 1924 Horus^[8].
• 1924 Horus's follows is recorded as Q146020^[9].
• 1924 Horus's followed by is recorded as Q146044^[10].
• 1924 Horus's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 1924 Horus's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Horus asteroid symbol (fixed width).svg^[12].
• 1924 Horus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 1924 Horus's provisional designation is recorded as 1951 BD^[14].
• 1924 Horus's provisional designation is recorded as 1969 BA^[15].
• 1924 Horus's provisional designation is recorded as 4023 P-L^[16].
• 1924 Horus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 1924 Horus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y3x2j^[18].
• 1924 Horus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001924^[19].
• 1924 Horus's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 1924 Horus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.13'}^[21].
• 1924 Horus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1307405'}^[22].
• 1924 Horus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1325345121827188'}^[23].
• 1924 Horus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.5'}^[24].
• 1924 Horus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.72906'}^[25].
• 1924 Horus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.730944022573849'}^[26].
• 1924 Horus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.58'}^[27].

Body

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

1924 Horus has Wikipedia articles in 34 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]