2224 Tucson

Summary

2224 Tucson is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 31 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 2224 Tucson is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 2224 Tucson is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 2224 Tucson is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 2224 Tucson's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 2224 Tucson's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Tucson is named after 2224 Tucson^[8].
• 2224 Tucson followed 2223 Sarpedon^[9].
• 2224 Tucson was followed by Q148264^[10].
• 2224 Tucson's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 2224 Tucson's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 2224 Tucson's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 VO4^[13].
• 2224 Tucson's provisional designation is recorded as 2528 P-L^[14].
• 2224 Tucson's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 2224 Tucson's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 2224 Tucson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05'}^[17].
• 2224 Tucson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0445222'}^[18].
• 2224 Tucson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.04445370638920827'}^[19].
• 2224 Tucson's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.9'}^[20].
• 2224 Tucson's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.0'}^[21].
• 2224 Tucson's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.66657'}^[22].
• 2224 Tucson's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.659130692629414'}^[23].
• 2224 Tucson's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.89'}^[24].
• 2224 Tucson's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1789.273230853502'}^[25].
• 2224 Tucson's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+27.01'}^[26].
• 2224 Tucson's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+51.22803'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

2224 Tucson's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

Origins

Tucson is named after 2224 Tucson^[8].

Why It Matters

2224 Tucson has Wikipedia articles in 31 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]