2412 Wil

Summary

2412 Wil is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 2412 Wil is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 2412 Wil is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 2412 Wil is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 2412 Wil is credited with the discovery of Palomar–Leiden survey^[6].
• 2412 Wil's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[7].
• 2412 Wil's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• 2412 Wil's follows is recorded as Q931007^[9].
• 2412 Wil's followed by is recorded as Q148964^[10].
• 2412 Wil's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 2412 Wil's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 2412 Wil's provisional designation is recorded as 1955 MK^[13].
• 2412 Wil's provisional designation is recorded as 1969 TD4^[14].
• 2412 Wil's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 TD^[15].
• 2412 Wil's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 GJ1^[16].
• 2412 Wil's provisional designation is recorded as 3537 P-L^[17].
• 2412 Wil's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-10-17T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 2412 Wil's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ykzzm^[19].
• 2412 Wil's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002412^[20].
• 2412 Wil's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 2412 Wil's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.15'}^[22].
• 2412 Wil's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1472950'}^[23].
• 2412 Wil's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1483358700653603'}^[24].
• 2412 Wil's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.8'}^[25].
• 2412 Wil's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.83'}^[26].
• 2412 Wil's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.12746'}^[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

2412 Wil has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]