5981 Kresilas

Summary

5981 Kresilas is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 5981 Kresilas is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 5981 Kresilas is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 5981 Kresilas is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 5981 Kresilas's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 5981 Kresilas's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Cresilas is named after 5981 Kresilas^[8].
• 5981 Kresilas's follows is recorded as (5980) 1993 FP2^[9].
• 5981 Kresilas's followed by is recorded as Q596534^[10].
• 5981 Kresilas's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 5981 Kresilas's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 5981 Kresilas's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 SU^[13].
• 5981 Kresilas's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 SX2^[14].
• 5981 Kresilas's provisional designation is recorded as 2140 P-L^[15].
• 5981 Kresilas's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 5981 Kresilas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y63fz^[17].
• 5981 Kresilas's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005981^[18].
• 5981 Kresilas's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 5981 Kresilas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.22'}^[20].
• 5981 Kresilas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2198998'}^[21].
• 5981 Kresilas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2182184449469184'}^[22].
• 5981 Kresilas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.8'}^[23].
• 5981 Kresilas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.87'}^[24].
• 5981 Kresilas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+10.32505'}^[25].
• 5981 Kresilas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+10.30933929062983'}^[26].
• 5981 Kresilas's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.59'}^[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

5981 Kresilas has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]