37452 Spirit

Summary

37452 Spirit is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 37452 Spirit is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 37452 Spirit is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 37452 Spirit is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 37452 Spirit's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 37452 Spirit's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Spirit is named after 37452 Spirit^[8].
• 37452 Spirit's follows is recorded as (37451) 4280 P-L^[9].
• 37452 Spirit's followed by is recorded as (37453) 4311 P-L^[10].
• 37452 Spirit's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 37452 Spirit's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[12].
• 37452 Spirit's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 37452 Spirit's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 WD183^[14].
• 37452 Spirit's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 WO133^[15].
• 37452 Spirit's provisional designation is recorded as 4282 P-L^[16].
• 37452 Spirit's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 37452 Spirit's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04592c^[18].
• 37452 Spirit's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20037452^[19].
• 37452 Spirit's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 37452 Spirit's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.22'}^[21].
• 37452 Spirit's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2202900'}^[22].
• 37452 Spirit's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2230668658915025'}^[23].
• 37452 Spirit's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.2'}^[24].
• 37452 Spirit's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.1'}^[25].
• 37452 Spirit's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.3'}^[26].
• 37452 Spirit's different from is recorded as Spirit^[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

37452 Spirit has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]