4848 Tutenchamun

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4848 Tutenchamun

Summary

4848 Tutenchamun is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 4848 Tutenchamun is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten[3].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld[4].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels[5].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun's instance of is recorded as asteroid[6].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[7].
  • TutanKhamun is named after 4848 Tutenchamun[8].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun's follows is recorded as Q154765[9].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun's followed by is recorded as Q154772[10].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[11].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[12].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun's provisional designation is recorded as 1929 XU[13].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 PP1[14].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 ET48[15].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 EY[16].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun's provisional designation is recorded as 3233 T-2[17].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun's provisional designation is recorded as A923 VD[18].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-30T00:00:00Z[19].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yhh9w[20].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004848[21].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun's significant event is recorded as naming[22].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.13'}[23].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1287150'}[24].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1293074101563379'}[25].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.0'}[26].
  • 4848 Tutenchamun's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.12'}[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

4848 Tutenchamun has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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