2638 Gadolin

Summary

2638 Gadolin is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 31 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 2638 Gadolin is credited with the discovery of Yrjö Väisälä^[3].
• 2638 Gadolin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2638 Gadolin's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Iso-Heikkilä Observatory^[5].
• Jakob Gadolin is named after 2638 Gadolin^[6].
• Johan Gadolin is named after 2638 Gadolin^[7].
• 2638 Gadolin's follows is recorded as Q918858^[8].
• 2638 Gadolin's followed by is recorded as Q149797^[9].
• 2638 Gadolin's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 2638 Gadolin's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 2638 Gadolin's provisional designation is recorded as 1939 SG^[12].
• 2638 Gadolin's provisional designation is recorded as 1964 WG^[13].
• 2638 Gadolin's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 GF^[14].
• 2638 Gadolin's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 UM^[15].
• 2638 Gadolin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1939-09-19T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 2638 Gadolin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2g38^[17].
• 2638 Gadolin's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002638^[18].
• 2638 Gadolin's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 2638 Gadolin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08'}^[20].
• 2638 Gadolin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0827387'}^[21].
• 2638 Gadolin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0815824046362479'}^[22].
• 2638 Gadolin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.8'}^[23].
• 2638 Gadolin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.13'}^[24].
• 2638 Gadolin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.35453'}^[25].
• 2638 Gadolin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.33904781332879'}^[26].
• 2638 Gadolin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.08'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

2638 Gadolin is credited with the discovery of Yrjö Väisälä^[3].

Why It Matters

2638 Gadolin has Wikipedia articles in 31 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]