5837 Hedin

Summary

5837 Hedin is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 5837 Hedin is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 5837 Hedin is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 5837 Hedin is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 5837 Hedin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 5837 Hedin's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Sven Hedin is named after 5837 Hedin^[8].
• 5837 Hedin's follows is recorded as (5836) 1993 MF^[9].
• 5837 Hedin's followed by is recorded as Q249513^[10].
• 5837 Hedin's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 5837 Hedin's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 5837 Hedin's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 EU5^[13].
• 5837 Hedin's provisional designation is recorded as 2548 P-L^[14].
• 5837 Hedin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 5837 Hedin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y3gdw^[16].
• 5837 Hedin's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005837^[17].
• 5837 Hedin's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 5837 Hedin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.14'}^[19].
• 5837 Hedin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1433158'}^[20].
• 5837 Hedin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1453370666417967'}^[21].
• 5837 Hedin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.1'}^[22].
• 5837 Hedin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.25'}^[23].
• 5837 Hedin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.18267'}^[24].
• 5837 Hedin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.182372811837832'}^[25].
• 5837 Hedin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.52'}^[26].
• 5837 Hedin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2016.084939453351'}^[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

5837 Hedin has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]