3098 van Sprang

Summary

3098 van Sprang is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 3098 van Sprang is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 3098 van Sprang is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 3098 van Sprang is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 3098 van Sprang is credited with the discovery of Palomar–Leiden survey^[6].
• 3098 van Sprang's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[7].
• 3098 van Sprang's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• Bert van Sprang is named after 3098 van Sprang^[9].
• 3098 van Sprang's follows is recorded as Q150846^[10].
• 3098 van Sprang's followed by is recorded as Q150854^[11].
• 3098 van Sprang's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[12].
• 3098 van Sprang's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 3098 van Sprang's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 FJ3^[14].
• 3098 van Sprang's provisional designation is recorded as 4579 P-L^[15].
• 3098 van Sprang's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 3098 van Sprang's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yhngd^[17].
• 3098 van Sprang's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003098^[18].
• 3098 van Sprang's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 3098 van Sprang's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.21'}^[20].
• 3098 van Sprang's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2119436'}^[21].
• 3098 van Sprang's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2128509756299001'}^[22].
• 3098 van Sprang's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.8'}^[23].
• 3098 van Sprang's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.93'}^[24].
• 3098 van Sprang's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.34667'}^[25].
• 3098 van Sprang's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.347288333890599'}^[26].
• 3098 van Sprang's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.49'}^[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]; 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

3098 van Sprang has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]