6841 Gottfriedkirch

Summary

6841 Gottfriedkirch is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 6841 Gottfriedkirch is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Gottfried Kirch is named after 6841 Gottfriedkirch^[8].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch's follows is recorded as (6840) 1995 WW5^[9].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch's followed by is recorded as Q526852^[10].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch's provisional designation is recorded as 1954 YQ^[13].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 PX33^[14].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch's provisional designation is recorded as 2034 P-L^[15].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bqrls^[17].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006841^[18].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.14'}^[20].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1357241'}^[21].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1365965978769896'}^[22].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.5'}^[23].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.65'}^[24].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.67136'}^[25].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.671298751984739'}^[26].
• 6841 Gottfriedkirch's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.44'}^[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

6841 Gottfriedkirch has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]