30704 Phegeus

Summary

30704 Phegeus is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 30704 Phegeus is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 30704 Phegeus is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 30704 Phegeus is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 30704 Phegeus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 30704 Phegeus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Phegeus is named after 30704 Phegeus^[8].
• 30704 Phegeus's follows is recorded as (30703) 3101 T-3^[9].
• 30704 Phegeus's followed by is recorded as Q1100598^[10].
• 30704 Phegeus's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[11].
• 30704 Phegeus's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid^[12].
• 30704 Phegeus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 30704 Phegeus's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RG246^[14].
• 30704 Phegeus's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 RN38^[15].
• 30704 Phegeus's provisional designation is recorded as 3250 T-3^[16].
• 30704 Phegeus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-16T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 30704 Phegeus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7_17^[18].
• 30704 Phegeus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20030704^[19].
• 30704 Phegeus's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 30704 Phegeus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.038'}^[21].
• 30704 Phegeus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0374306'}^[22].
• 30704 Phegeus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.04059107137106691'}^[23].
• 30704 Phegeus's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun^[24].
• 30704 Phegeus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.2'}^[25].
• 30704 Phegeus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.35'}^[26].
• 30704 Phegeus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+14.90246'}^[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

30704 Phegeus has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]