8585 Purpurea

Summary

8585 Purpurea is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8585 Purpurea is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8585 Purpurea is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8585 Purpurea is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8585 Purpurea's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8585 Purpurea's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Purple Heron is named after 8585 Purpurea^[8].
• 8585 Purpurea's follows is recorded as (8584) 1997 AN22^[9].
• 8585 Purpurea's followed by is recorded as Q1193683^[10].
• 8585 Purpurea's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8585 Purpurea's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[12].
• 8585 Purpurea's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 8585 Purpurea's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 EQ21^[14].
• 8585 Purpurea's provisional designation is recorded as 2025 P-L^[15].
• 8585 Purpurea's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 8585 Purpurea's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y824y^[17].
• 8585 Purpurea's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008585^[18].
• 8585 Purpurea's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 8585 Purpurea's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.17'}^[20].
• 8585 Purpurea's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1675270'}^[21].
• 8585 Purpurea's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1596101582123632'}^[22].
• 8585 Purpurea's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.4'}^[23].
• 8585 Purpurea's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.53'}^[24].
• 8585 Purpurea's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.52129'}^[25].
• 8585 Purpurea's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.45501847070771'}^[26].
• 8585 Purpurea's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.77'}^[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

8585 Purpurea has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]