1979 Sakharov

Summary

1979 Sakharov is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 32 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 1979 Sakharov is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 1979 Sakharov is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 1979 Sakharov is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 1979 Sakharov's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 1979 Sakharov's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Andrei Sakharov is named after 1979 Sakharov^[8].
• 1979 Sakharov's follows is recorded as Q757347^[9].
• 1979 Sakharov's followed by is recorded as 1980 Tezcatlipoca^[10].
• 1979 Sakharov's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 1979 Sakharov's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 1979 Sakharov's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 SQ3^[13].
• 1979 Sakharov's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 SZ12^[14].
• 1979 Sakharov's provisional designation is recorded as 2006 P-L^[15].
• 1979 Sakharov's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 1979 Sakharov's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yg2ct^[17].
• 1979 Sakharov's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20001979^[18].
• 1979 Sakharov's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 1979 Sakharov's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.10'}^[20].
• 1979 Sakharov's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1008467'}^[21].
• 1979 Sakharov's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09996159129750254'}^[22].
• 1979 Sakharov's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.5'}^[23].
• 1979 Sakharov's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.64'}^[24].
• 1979 Sakharov's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.04767'}^[25].
• 1979 Sakharov's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.050375120136885'}^[26].
• 1979 Sakharov's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.66'}^[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

1979 Sakharov has Wikipedia articles in 32 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]