8441 Lapponica

Summary

8441 Lapponica is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8441 Lapponica is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8441 Lapponica is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8441 Lapponica is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8441 Lapponica's image is recorded as Orbit 8441 Lapponica.png^[6].
• 8441 Lapponica's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[7].
• 8441 Lapponica's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• Bar-tailed Godwit is named after 8441 Lapponica^[9].
• 8441 Lapponica's follows is recorded as Q1193648^[10].
• 8441 Lapponica's followed by is recorded as Q734248^[11].
• 8441 Lapponica's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[12].
• 8441 Lapponica's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 8441 Lapponica's provisional designation is recorded as 1953 EC1^[14].
• 8441 Lapponica's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 LP^[15].
• 8441 Lapponica's provisional designation is recorded as 4008 T-3^[16].
• 8441 Lapponica's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-16T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 8441 Lapponica's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7187^[18].
• 8441 Lapponica's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008441^[19].
• 8441 Lapponica's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 8441 Lapponica's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.14'}^[21].
• 8441 Lapponica's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1389763'}^[22].
• 8441 Lapponica's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1385947881234664'}^[23].
• 8441 Lapponica's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.8'}^[24].
• 8441 Lapponica's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.9'}^[25].
• 8441 Lapponica's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.02'}^[26].
• 8441 Lapponica's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.994'}^[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

8441 Lapponica has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]