1964 Luyten

Summary

1964 Luyten is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 32 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 1964 Luyten is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 1964 Luyten is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 1964 Luyten is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 1964 Luyten's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 1964 Luyten's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Willem Jacob Luyten is named after 1964 Luyten^[8].
• 1964 Luyten's follows is recorded as Q386779^[9].
• 1964 Luyten's followed by is recorded as Q146426^[10].
• 1964 Luyten's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 1964 Luyten's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 1964 Luyten's provisional designation is recorded as 1929 TU^[13].
• 1964 Luyten's provisional designation is recorded as 1933 UA1^[14].
• 1964 Luyten's provisional designation is recorded as 2007 P-L^[15].
• 1964 Luyten's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 1964 Luyten's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y77lg^[17].
• 1964 Luyten's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001964^[18].
• 1964 Luyten's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 1964 Luyten's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.19'}^[20].
• 1964 Luyten's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1961461'}^[21].
• 1964 Luyten's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1954642476388823'}^[22].
• 1964 Luyten's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.4'}^[23].
• 1964 Luyten's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.52'}^[24].
• 1964 Luyten's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.39005'}^[25].
• 1964 Luyten's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.390892424576287'}^[26].
• 1964 Luyten's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.87'}^[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

1964 Luyten has Wikipedia articles in 32 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]