20961 Arkesilaos

Summary

20961 Arkesilaos is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 20961 Arkesilaos is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 20961 Arkesilaos is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 20961 Arkesilaos is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 20961 Arkesilaos is credited with the discovery of Palomar Observatory^[6].
• 20961 Arkesilaos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[7].
• 20961 Arkesilaos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• Arcesilaus is named after 20961 Arkesilaos^[9].
• 20961 Arkesilaos's follows is recorded as (20960) 1971 UR^[10].
• 20961 Arkesilaos's followed by is recorded as 20962 Michizane^[11].
• 20961 Arkesilaos's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[12].
• 20961 Arkesilaos's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[13].
• 20961 Arkesilaos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 20961 Arkesilaos's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 SS1^[15].
• 20961 Arkesilaos's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 RQ28^[16].
• 20961 Arkesilaos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-19T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 20961 Arkesilaos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0tyy^[18].
• 20961 Arkesilaos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20020961^[19].
• 20961 Arkesilaos's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 20961 Arkesilaos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.018'}^[21].
• 20961 Arkesilaos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0172866'}^[22].
• 20961 Arkesilaos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.01873590759378572'}^[23].
• 20961 Arkesilaos's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[24].
• 20961 Arkesilaos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.9'}^[25].
• 20961 Arkesilaos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.92'}^[26].
• 20961 Arkesilaos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.20558'}^[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]; 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 Observatory^[6], an astronomical observatory^[41], in United States^[42], founded in 1928^[43].

Why It Matters

20961 Arkesilaos has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]