20237 Clavius

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20237 Clavius

Summary

20237 Clavius is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 20237 Clavius is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst[3].
  • 20237 Clavius's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 20237 Clavius's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory[5].
  • 20237 Clavius's follows is recorded as (20236) 1998 BZ7[6].
  • 20237 Clavius's followed by is recorded as (20238) 1998 DT7[7].
  • 20237 Clavius's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • 20237 Clavius's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • 20237 Clavius's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 TB12[10].
  • 20237 Clavius's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 CC3[11].
  • 20237 Clavius's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-02-06T00:00:00Z[12].
  • 20237 Clavius's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20020237[13].
  • 20237 Clavius's significant event is recorded as naming[14].
  • 20237 Clavius's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07'}[15].
  • 20237 Clavius's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0669976'}[16].
  • 20237 Clavius's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06677321051383742'}[17].
  • 20237 Clavius's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.6'}[18].
  • 20237 Clavius's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.7'}[19].
  • 20237 Clavius's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.85'}[20].
  • 20237 Clavius's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.66113'}[21].
  • 20237 Clavius's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.660525715751805'}[22].
  • 20237 Clavius's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.15'}[23].
  • 20237 Clavius's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1151.664256173153'}[24].
  • 20237 Clavius's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+335.12315'}[25].
  • 20237 Clavius's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+335.0820794062263'}[26].
  • 20237 Clavius's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.1498413'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

20237 Clavius is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst[3].

Why It Matters

20237 Clavius has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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