3936 Elst

Summary

3936 Elst is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 3936 Elst is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 3936 Elst is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 3936 Elst is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 3936 Elst's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 3936 Elst's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Eric Walter Elst is named after 3936 Elst^[8].
• 3936 Elst's follows is recorded as 3935 Toatenmongakkai^[9].
• 3936 Elst's followed by is recorded as 3937 Bretagnon^[10].
• 3936 Elst's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 3936 Elst's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 3936 Elst's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 GY^[13].
• 3936 Elst's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 TC^[14].
• 3936 Elst's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 JG1^[15].
• 3936 Elst's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 MB^[16].
• 3936 Elst's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 WA2^[17].
• 3936 Elst's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 MT^[18].
• 3936 Elst's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 WS^[19].
• 3936 Elst's provisional designation is recorded as 2321 T-3^[20].
• 3936 Elst's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-16T00:00:00Z^[21].
• 3936 Elst's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1kdx^[22].
• 3936 Elst's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003936^[23].
• 3936 Elst's significant event is recorded as naming^[24].
• 3936 Elst's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.13'}^[25].
• 3936 Elst's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1288828'}^[26].
• 3936 Elst's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1307912836308423'}^[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

3936 Elst has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]