6998 Tithonus

Summary

6998 Tithonus is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 6998 Tithonus is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 6998 Tithonus is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 6998 Tithonus is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 6998 Tithonus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 6998 Tithonus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Tithonus is named after 6998 Tithonus^[8].
• 6998 Tithonus's follows is recorded as Q156604^[9].
• 6998 Tithonus's followed by is recorded as Q618046^[10].
• 6998 Tithonus's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[11].
• 6998 Tithonus's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid^[12].
• 6998 Tithonus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 6998 Tithonus's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 UM5^[14].
• 6998 Tithonus's provisional designation is recorded as 3108 T-3^[15].
• 6998 Tithonus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-16T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 6998 Tithonus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yh8j8^[17].
• 6998 Tithonus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006998^[18].
• 6998 Tithonus's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 6998 Tithonus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.069'}^[20].
• 6998 Tithonus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0707157'}^[21].
• 6998 Tithonus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0702727983938943'}^[22].
• 6998 Tithonus's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun^[23].
• 6998 Tithonus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.4'}^[24].
• 6998 Tithonus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.5'}^[25].
• 6998 Tithonus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.53'}^[26].
• 6998 Tithonus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.72953'}^[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

6998 Tithonus has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]