1940 Whipple

Summary

1940 Whipple is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 34 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 1940 Whipple is credited with the discovery of Harvard College Observatory^[3].
• 1940 Whipple's image is recorded as 001940-asteroid shape model (1940) Whipple.png^[4].
• 1940 Whipple's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 1940 Whipple's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Oak Ridge Observatory^[6].
• Fred Lawrence Whipple is named after 1940 Whipple^[7].
• 1940 Whipple's follows is recorded as Q146192^[8].
• 1940 Whipple's followed by is recorded as (1941) Wild^[9].
• 1940 Whipple's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 1940 Whipple's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 1940 Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 1932 AD^[12].
• 1940 Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 1950 LH^[13].
• 1940 Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 1962 SH^[14].
• 1940 Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 1970 EC1^[15].
• 1940 Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 KD1^[16].
• 1940 Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 KN^[17].
• 1940 Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 CA^[18].
• 1940 Whipple's provisional designation is recorded as A916 AD^[19].
• 1940 Whipple's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1975-02-02T00:00:00Z^[20].
• 1940 Whipple's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ykz7d^[21].
• 1940 Whipple's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001940^[22].
• 1940 Whipple's significant event is recorded as naming^[23].
• 1940 Whipple's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06'}^[24].
• 1940 Whipple's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0635568'}^[25].
• 1940 Whipple's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0609906673961168'}^[26].
• 1940 Whipple's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.1'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

1940 Whipple is credited with the discovery of Harvard College Observatory^[3].

Why It Matters

1940 Whipple has Wikipedia articles in 34 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]