6938 Soniaterk

Summary

6938 Soniaterk is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 6938 Soniaterk is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 6938 Soniaterk is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 6938 Soniaterk is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 6938 Soniaterk's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 6938 Soniaterk's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Sonia Delaunay is named after 6938 Soniaterk^[8].
• 6938 Soniaterk's follows is recorded as Q718467^[9].
• 6938 Soniaterk's followed by is recorded as Q718491^[10].
• 6938 Soniaterk's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 6938 Soniaterk's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 6938 Soniaterk's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 AM1^[13].
• 6938 Soniaterk's provisional designation is recorded as 5140 T-2^[14].
• 6938 Soniaterk's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-25T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 6938 Soniaterk's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ygqbp^[16].
• 6938 Soniaterk's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006938^[17].
• 6938 Soniaterk's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 6938 Soniaterk's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09'}^[19].
• 6938 Soniaterk's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0932695'}^[20].
• 6938 Soniaterk's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08993289742522641'}^[21].
• 6938 Soniaterk's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.4'}^[22].
• 6938 Soniaterk's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.5'}^[23].
• 6938 Soniaterk's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.68'}^[24].
• 6938 Soniaterk's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.09082'}^[25].
• 6938 Soniaterk's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.09923645065945'}^[26].
• 6938 Soniaterk's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.19'}^[27].

Body

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

6938 Soniaterk has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]