5928 Pindarus

Summary

5928 Pindarus is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 5928 Pindarus is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 5928 Pindarus is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 5928 Pindarus is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 5928 Pindarus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 5928 Pindarus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Pindar is named after 5928 Pindarus^[8].
• 5928 Pindarus's follows is recorded as 5927 Krogh^[9].
• 5928 Pindarus's followed by is recorded as 5929 Manzano^[10].
• 5928 Pindarus's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 5928 Pindarus's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[12].
• 5928 Pindarus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 5928 Pindarus's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 SK1^[14].
• 5928 Pindarus's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 ST5^[15].
• 5928 Pindarus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-19T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 5928 Pindarus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7_pw^[17].
• 5928 Pindarus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005928^[18].
• 5928 Pindarus's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 5928 Pindarus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.12'}^[20].
• 5928 Pindarus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1221235'}^[21].
• 5928 Pindarus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1196375476293713'}^[22].
• 5928 Pindarus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.6'}^[23].
• 5928 Pindarus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.65'}^[24].
• 5928 Pindarus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.26807'}^[25].
• 5928 Pindarus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.276139375093564'}^[26].
• 5928 Pindarus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+7.95'}^[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

5928 Pindarus has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]