4043 Perolof

Summary

4043 Perolof is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 4043 Perolof is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 4043 Perolof is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 4043 Perolof is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 4043 Perolof's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 4043 Perolof's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Per Olof Lindblad is named after 4043 Perolof^[8].
• 4043 Perolof's follows is recorded as Q152579^[9].
• 4043 Perolof's followed by is recorded as 4044 Erikhøg^[10].
• 4043 Perolof's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 4043 Perolof's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 4043 Perolof's provisional designation is recorded as 1175 T-3^[13].
• 4043 Perolof's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 JT1^[14].
• 4043 Perolof's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 QB^[15].
• 4043 Perolof's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-17T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 4043 Perolof's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7zb6^[17].
• 4043 Perolof's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004043^[18].
• 4043 Perolof's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 4043 Perolof's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.10'}^[20].
• 4043 Perolof's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0980234'}^[21].
• 4043 Perolof's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09615465004588411'}^[22].
• 4043 Perolof's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.4'}^[23].
• 4043 Perolof's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.62'}^[24].
• 4043 Perolof's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.56859'}^[25].
• 4043 Perolof's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.56612602876704'}^[26].
• 4043 Perolof's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.49'}^[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]; 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

4043 Perolof has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]