48373 Gorgythion

Summary

48373 Gorgythion is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 48373 Gorgythion is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 48373 Gorgythion is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 48373 Gorgythion is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 48373 Gorgythion's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 48373 Gorgythion's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Gorgythion is named after 48373 Gorgythion^[8].
• 48373 Gorgythion's follows is recorded as (48372) 1182 T-3^[9].
• 48373 Gorgythion's followed by is recorded as (48374) 2583 T-3^[10].
• 48373 Gorgythion's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[11].
• 48373 Gorgythion's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid^[12].
• 48373 Gorgythion's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 48373 Gorgythion's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 SE303^[14].
• 48373 Gorgythion's provisional designation is recorded as 2161 T-3^[15].
• 48373 Gorgythion's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-16T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 48373 Gorgythion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2wyq^[17].
• 48373 Gorgythion's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20048373^[18].
• 48373 Gorgythion's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 48373 Gorgythion's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.008'}^[20].
• 48373 Gorgythion's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.01111973711054663'}^[21].
• 48373 Gorgythion's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun^[22].
• 48373 Gorgythion's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12'}^[23].
• 48373 Gorgythion's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.28'}^[24].
• 48373 Gorgythion's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+27.3'}^[25].
• 48373 Gorgythion's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+27.20179669133744'}^[26].
• 48373 Gorgythion's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+4453.72838972527'}^[27].

Body

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

48373 Gorgythion has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]