8438 Marila

Summary

8438 Marila is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8438 Marila is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8438 Marila is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8438 Marila is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8438 Marila's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8438 Marila's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Greater Scaup is named after 8438 Marila^[8].
• 8438 Marila's follows is recorded as Q1193631^[9].
• 8438 Marila's followed by is recorded as Q1192608^[10].
• 8438 Marila's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8438 Marila's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8438 Marila's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 TH15^[13].
• 8438 Marila's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 AX2^[14].
• 8438 Marila's provisional designation is recorded as 4825 T-1^[15].
• 8438 Marila's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1971-05-13T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 8438 Marila's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/043nbtm^[17].
• 8438 Marila's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008438^[18].
• 8438 Marila's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 8438 Marila's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.16'}^[20].
• 8438 Marila's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1594992'}^[21].
• 8438 Marila's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1589467172976219'}^[22].
• 8438 Marila's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.3'}^[23].
• 8438 Marila's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.4'}^[24].
• 8438 Marila's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.51'}^[25].
• 8438 Marila's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.15518'}^[26].
• 8438 Marila's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.157641982526672'}^[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

8438 Marila has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]