1966 Tristan

Summary

1966 Tristan is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 32 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 1966 Tristan is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 1966 Tristan is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 1966 Tristan is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 1966 Tristan is credited with the discovery of Palomar–Leiden survey^[6].
• 1966 Tristan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[7].
• 1966 Tristan's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• Tristan is named after 1966 Tristan^[9].
• 1966 Tristan's follows is recorded as Q146426^[10].
• 1966 Tristan's followed by is recorded as Q146443^[11].
• 1966 Tristan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[12].
• 1966 Tristan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 1966 Tristan's provisional designation is recorded as 1951 GJ^[14].
• 1966 Tristan's provisional designation is recorded as 1966 CJ^[15].
• 1966 Tristan's provisional designation is recorded as 2552 P-L^[16].
• 1966 Tristan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 1966 Tristan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yhdtn^[18].
• 1966 Tristan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001966^[19].
• 1966 Tristan's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 1966 Tristan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09'}^[21].
• 1966 Tristan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0893983'}^[22].
• 1966 Tristan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09166916658398364'}^[23].
• 1966 Tristan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.2'}^[24].
• 1966 Tristan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.29'}^[25].
• 1966 Tristan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.48279'}^[26].
• 1966 Tristan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.483710129952201'}^[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]; 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

1966 Tristan has Wikipedia articles in 32 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]