2823 van der Laan

Summary

2823 van der Laan is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 2823 van der Laan is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 2823 van der Laan is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 2823 van der Laan is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 2823 van der Laan is credited with the discovery of Palomar–Leiden survey^[6].
• 2823 van der Laan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[7].
• 2823 van der Laan's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• Harry van der Laan is named after 2823 van der Laan^[9].
• 2823 van der Laan's follows is recorded as Q657353^[10].
• 2823 van der Laan's followed by is recorded as Q266363^[11].
• 2823 van der Laan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[12].
• 2823 van der Laan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 2823 van der Laan's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 VG2^[14].
• 2823 van der Laan's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 YK1^[15].
• 2823 van der Laan's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 EM15^[16].
• 2823 van der Laan's provisional designation is recorded as 2010 P-L^[17].
• 2823 van der Laan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 2823 van der Laan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yhmxh^[19].
• 2823 van der Laan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20002823^[20].
• 2823 van der Laan's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 2823 van der Laan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09'}^[22].
• 2823 van der Laan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0916464'}^[23].
• 2823 van der Laan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09167664037798415'}^[24].
• 2823 van der Laan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.2'}^[25].
• 2823 van der Laan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.23'}^[26].
• 2823 van der Laan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.82113'}^[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

2823 van der Laan has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]