8440 Wigeon

Summary

8440 Wigeon is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8440 Wigeon is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8440 Wigeon is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8440 Wigeon is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8440 Wigeon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8440 Wigeon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Anas penelope is named after 8440 Wigeon^[8].
• 8440 Wigeon's follows is recorded as Q1192608^[9].
• 8440 Wigeon's followed by is recorded as Q1193620^[10].
• 8440 Wigeon's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8440 Wigeon's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8440 Wigeon's provisional designation is recorded as 1017 T-3^[13].
• 8440 Wigeon's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 RZ2^[14].
• 8440 Wigeon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-17T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 8440 Wigeon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ykzv8^[16].
• 8440 Wigeon's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008440^[17].
• 8440 Wigeon's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 8440 Wigeon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.14'}^[19].
• 8440 Wigeon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1384722'}^[20].
• 8440 Wigeon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1414331706147317'}^[21].
• 8440 Wigeon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.2'}^[22].
• 8440 Wigeon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.36'}^[23].
• 8440 Wigeon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.73551'}^[24].
• 8440 Wigeon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.751571016722735'}^[25].
• 8440 Wigeon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.64'}^[26].
• 8440 Wigeon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1693.202483594087'}^[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

8440 Wigeon has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]