3734 Waland

Summary

3734 Waland is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 3734 Waland is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 3734 Waland is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 3734 Waland is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 3734 Waland is credited with the discovery of Palomar–Leiden survey^[6].
• 3734 Waland's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[7].
• 3734 Waland's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• 3734 Waland's follows is recorded as 3733 Yoshitomo^[9].
• 3734 Waland's followed by is recorded as 3735 Třeboň^[10].
• 3734 Waland's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 3734 Waland's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 3734 Waland's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 TK1^[13].
• 3734 Waland's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 PK2^[14].
• 3734 Waland's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 RQ10^[15].
• 3734 Waland's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 WZ3^[16].
• 3734 Waland's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 GR^[17].
• 3734 Waland's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 VR7^[18].
• 3734 Waland's provisional designation is recorded as 9527 P-L^[19].
• 3734 Waland's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-10-17T00:00:00Z^[20].
• 3734 Waland's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ykv9f^[21].
• 3734 Waland's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003734^[22].
• 3734 Waland's asteroid spectral type is recorded as L-type asteroid^[23].
• 3734 Waland's significant event is recorded as naming^[24].
• 3734 Waland's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05'}^[25].
• 3734 Waland's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0524382'}^[26].
• 3734 Waland's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05473371950391477'}^[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

3734 Waland has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]