8586 Epops

Summary

8586 Epops is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8586 Epops is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8586 Epops is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8586 Epops is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8586 Epops's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8586 Epops's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Eurasian Hoopoe is named after 8586 Epops^[8].
• 8586 Epops's follows is recorded as Q550096^[9].
• 8586 Epops's followed by is recorded as Q1193626^[10].
• 8586 Epops's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8586 Epops's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[12].
• 8586 Epops's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 8586 Epops's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 WA6^[14].
• 8586 Epops's provisional designation is recorded as 2563 P-L^[15].
• 8586 Epops's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 8586 Epops's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1k_g^[17].
• 8586 Epops's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008586^[18].
• 8586 Epops's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 8586 Epops's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.13'}^[20].
• 8586 Epops's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1266619'}^[21].
• 8586 Epops's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1265061812711093'}^[22].
• 8586 Epops's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.8'}^[23].
• 8586 Epops's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.98'}^[24].
• 8586 Epops's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.75362'}^[25].
• 8586 Epops's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.763697359220843'}^[26].
• 8586 Epops's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.78'}^[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

8586 Epops has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]