2782 Leonidas

Summary

2782 Leonidas is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 31 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 2782 Leonidas is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 2782 Leonidas is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 2782 Leonidas is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 2782 Leonidas is credited with the discovery of Palomar–Leiden survey^[6].
• 2782 Leonidas's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[7].
• 2782 Leonidas's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• Leonidas I is named after 2782 Leonidas^[9].
• 2782 Leonidas's follows is recorded as Q155778^[10].
• 2782 Leonidas's followed by is recorded as Q912753^[11].
• 2782 Leonidas's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[12].
• 2782 Leonidas's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 2782 Leonidas's provisional designation is recorded as 1969 UO2^[14].
• 2782 Leonidas's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 QW1^[15].
• 2782 Leonidas's provisional designation is recorded as 2605 P-L^[16].
• 2782 Leonidas's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 2782 Leonidas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y73kf^[18].
• 2782 Leonidas's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002782^[19].
• 2782 Leonidas's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 2782 Leonidas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.22'}^[21].
• 2782 Leonidas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2215848'}^[22].
• 2782 Leonidas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2215812807388654'}^[23].
• 2782 Leonidas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.7'}^[24].
• 2782 Leonidas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.74'}^[25].
• 2782 Leonidas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.78045'}^[26].
• 2782 Leonidas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.780416069605454'}^[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

2782 Leonidas has Wikipedia articles in 31 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]