5383 Leavitt

Summary

5383 Leavitt is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 5383 Leavitt is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 5383 Leavitt is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 5383 Leavitt is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 5383 Leavitt's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 5383 Leavitt's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Henrietta Swan Leavitt is named after 5383 Leavitt^[8].
• 5383 Leavitt's follows is recorded as 5382 McKay^[9].
• 5383 Leavitt's followed by is recorded as 5384 Changjiangcun^[10].
• 5383 Leavitt's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 5383 Leavitt's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 5383 Leavitt's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 VE13^[13].
• 5383 Leavitt's provisional designation is recorded as 4293 T-2^[14].
• 5383 Leavitt's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-29T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 5383 Leavitt's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09gqf8^[16].
• 5383 Leavitt's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005383^[17].
• 5383 Leavitt's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 5383 Leavitt's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09'}^[19].
• 5383 Leavitt's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0928156'}^[20].
• 5383 Leavitt's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09053394222992327'}^[21].
• 5383 Leavitt's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.1'}^[22].
• 5383 Leavitt's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.32'}^[23].
• 5383 Leavitt's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.28263'}^[24].
• 5383 Leavitt's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.279830240578643'}^[25].
• 5383 Leavitt's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.83'}^[26].
• 5383 Leavitt's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1765.131688264896'}^[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

5383 Leavitt has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]