2658 Gingerich

Summary

2658 Gingerich is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 2658 Gingerich is credited with the discovery of Harvard College Observatory^[3].
• 2658 Gingerich is credited with the discovery of Oak Ridge Observatory^[4].
• 2658 Gingerich's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 2658 Gingerich's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Oak Ridge Observatory^[6].
• Owen Gingerich is named after 2658 Gingerich^[7].
• 2658 Gingerich's follows is recorded as Q748700^[8].
• 2658 Gingerich's followed by is recorded as Q659193^[9].
• 2658 Gingerich's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 2658 Gingerich's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 2658 Gingerich's provisional designation is recorded as 1932 HH^[12].
• 2658 Gingerich's provisional designation is recorded as 1959 JO^[13].
• 2658 Gingerich's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 JK^[14].
• 2658 Gingerich's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 CK^[15].
• 2658 Gingerich's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1980-02-13T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 2658 Gingerich's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2r4n^[17].
• 2658 Gingerich's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002658^[18].
• 2658 Gingerich's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 2658 Gingerich's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.29'}^[20].
• 2658 Gingerich's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2901335'}^[21].
• 2658 Gingerich's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2917657364258035'}^[22].
• 2658 Gingerich's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.4'}^[23].
• 2658 Gingerich's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.59'}^[24].
• 2658 Gingerich's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.49885'}^[25].
• 2658 Gingerich's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.502560297771122'}^[26].
• 2658 Gingerich's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.37'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Harvard College Observatory^[3], an astronomical observatory^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1839^[30], headquartered in Cambridge^[31] and Oak Ridge Observatory^[4], an astronomical observatory^[32], in United States^[33].

Why It Matters

2658 Gingerich has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]