24603 Mekistheus

Summary

24603 Mekistheus is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 24603 Mekistheus is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 24603 Mekistheus is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 24603 Mekistheus is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 24603 Mekistheus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 24603 Mekistheus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Mecisteus is named after 24603 Mekistheus^[8].
• 24603 Mekistheus's follows is recorded as 24602 Mozzhorin^[9].
• 24603 Mekistheus's followed by is recorded as 24604 Vasilermakov^[10].
• 24603 Mekistheus's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[11].
• 24603 Mekistheus's minor planet group is recorded as list of Jupiter trojans (Greek camp)^[12].
• 24603 Mekistheus's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[13].
• 24603 Mekistheus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 24603 Mekistheus's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 SQ^[15].
• 24603 Mekistheus's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 XV18^[16].
• 24603 Mekistheus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-24T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 24603 Mekistheus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7f80^[18].
• 24603 Mekistheus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20024603^[19].
• 24603 Mekistheus's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 24603 Mekistheus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.13'}^[21].
• 24603 Mekistheus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1294617'}^[22].
• 24603 Mekistheus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1307470914481024'}^[23].
• 24603 Mekistheus's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[24].
• 24603 Mekistheus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.4'}^[25].
• 24603 Mekistheus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.58254'}^[26].
• 24603 Mekistheus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.587026900553418'}^[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

24603 Mekistheus has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]