6996 Alvensleben

Summary

6996 Alvensleben is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 6996 Alvensleben is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 6996 Alvensleben is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 6996 Alvensleben is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 6996 Alvensleben's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 6996 Alvensleben's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• 6996 Alvensleben's follows is recorded as 6995 Minoyama^[8].
• 6996 Alvensleben's followed by is recorded as Q156604^[9].
• 6996 Alvensleben's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 6996 Alvensleben's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[11].
• 6996 Alvensleben's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 6996 Alvensleben's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 EV4^[13].
• 6996 Alvensleben's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 FV^[14].
• 6996 Alvensleben's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 TR10^[15].
• 6996 Alvensleben's provisional designation is recorded as 2222 T-2^[16].
• 6996 Alvensleben's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-29T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 6996 Alvensleben's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0r6h^[18].
• 6996 Alvensleben's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006996^[19].
• 6996 Alvensleben's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 6996 Alvensleben's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.10'}^[21].
• 6996 Alvensleben's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0983432'}^[22].
• 6996 Alvensleben's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09592436439487252'}^[23].
• 6996 Alvensleben's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.2'}^[24].
• 6996 Alvensleben's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.34'}^[25].
• 6996 Alvensleben's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.09788'}^[26].
• 6996 Alvensleben's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.098652214109995'}^[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

6996 Alvensleben has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]