4978 Seitz

Summary

4978 Seitz is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 4978 Seitz is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 4978 Seitz is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 4978 Seitz is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 4978 Seitz's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 4978 Seitz's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• 4978 Seitz's follows is recorded as Q154892^[8].
• 4978 Seitz's followed by is recorded as Q730192^[9].
• 4978 Seitz's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 4978 Seitz's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 4978 Seitz's provisional designation is recorded as 1969 VA3^[12].
• 4978 Seitz's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 QQ2^[13].
• 4978 Seitz's provisional designation is recorded as 4069 T-2^[14].
• 4978 Seitz's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-29T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 4978 Seitz's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygc8q^[16].
• 4978 Seitz's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004978^[17].
• 4978 Seitz's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 4978 Seitz's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.21'}^[19].
• 4978 Seitz's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2119836'}^[20].
• 4978 Seitz's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2112450134482931'}^[21].
• 4978 Seitz's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.4'}^[22].
• 4978 Seitz's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.58'}^[23].
• 4978 Seitz's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.02262'}^[24].
• 4978 Seitz's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.02100'}^[25].
• 4978 Seitz's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.024600319806381'}^[26].
• 4978 Seitz's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.26'}^[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

4978 Seitz has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]