6936 Cassatt

Summary

6936 Cassatt is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 6936 Cassatt is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 6936 Cassatt is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 6936 Cassatt is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 6936 Cassatt's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 6936 Cassatt's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Mary Cassatt is named after 6936 Cassatt^[8].
• 6936 Cassatt's follows is recorded as Q247647^[9].
• 6936 Cassatt's followed by is recorded as Q718467^[10].
• 6936 Cassatt's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 6936 Cassatt's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 6936 Cassatt's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 EJ6^[13].
• 6936 Cassatt's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 TK6^[14].
• 6936 Cassatt's provisional designation is recorded as 4156 T-3^[15].
• 6936 Cassatt's provisional designation is recorded as 6573 P-L^[16].
• 6936 Cassatt's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 6936 Cassatt's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y150_^[18].
• 6936 Cassatt's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006936^[19].
• 6936 Cassatt's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 6936 Cassatt's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08'}^[21].
• 6936 Cassatt's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0784039'}^[22].
• 6936 Cassatt's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07520235459750318'}^[23].
• 6936 Cassatt's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.3'}^[24].
• 6936 Cassatt's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.5'}^[25].
• 6936 Cassatt's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.65982'}^[26].
• 6936 Cassatt's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.661003294927278'}^[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

6936 Cassatt has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]