26763 Peirithoos

Summary

26763 Peirithoos is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 26763 Peirithoos is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 26763 Peirithoos is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 26763 Peirithoos is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 26763 Peirithoos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 26763 Peirithoos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Pirithous is named after 26763 Peirithoos^[8].
• 26763 Peirithoos's follows is recorded as (26762) 2564 P-L^[9].
• 26763 Peirithoos's followed by is recorded as (26764) 2800 P-L^[10].
• 26763 Peirithoos's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[11].
• 26763 Peirithoos's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[12].
• 26763 Peirithoos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 26763 Peirithoos's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 AU232^[14].
• 26763 Peirithoos's provisional designation is recorded as 2706 P-L^[15].
• 26763 Peirithoos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 26763 Peirithoos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7yws^[17].
• 26763 Peirithoos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20026763^[18].
• 26763 Peirithoos's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 26763 Peirithoos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.068'}^[20].
• 26763 Peirithoos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0672016'}^[21].
• 26763 Peirithoos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06815202201310787'}^[22].
• 26763 Peirithoos's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[23].
• 26763 Peirithoos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.4'}^[24].
• 26763 Peirithoos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.62'}^[25].
• 26763 Peirithoos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.20514'}^[26].
• 26763 Peirithoos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.205152523893637'}^[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

26763 Peirithoos has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]