4108 Rakos

Summary

4108 Rakos is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 4108 Rakos is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 4108 Rakos is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 4108 Rakos is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 4108 Rakos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 4108 Rakos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• 4108 Rakos's follows is recorded as Q152675^[8].
• 4108 Rakos's followed by is recorded as Q152677^[9].
• 4108 Rakos's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 4108 Rakos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 4108 Rakos's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 EQ4^[12].
• 4108 Rakos's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 BA2^[13].
• 4108 Rakos's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 HW1^[14].
• 4108 Rakos's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 FA3^[15].
• 4108 Rakos's provisional designation is recorded as 3439 T-3^[16].
• 4108 Rakos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-16T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 4108 Rakos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y82_r^[18].
• 4108 Rakos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004108^[19].
• 4108 Rakos's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 4108 Rakos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.12'}^[21].
• 4108 Rakos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1247410'}^[22].
• 4108 Rakos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1257302922496497'}^[23].
• 4108 Rakos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.9'}^[24].
• 4108 Rakos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.01'}^[25].
• 4108 Rakos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.46176'}^[26].
• 4108 Rakos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.461627729689461'}^[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

4108 Rakos has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]