8590 Pygargus

Summary

8590 Pygargus is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8590 Pygargus is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8590 Pygargus is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8590 Pygargus is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8590 Pygargus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8590 Pygargus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Montagu's Harrier is named after 8590 Pygargus^[8].
• 8590 Pygargus's follows is recorded as Q1193545^[9].
• 8590 Pygargus's followed by is recorded as Q1192477^[10].
• 8590 Pygargus's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8590 Pygargus's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[12].
• 8590 Pygargus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 8590 Pygargus's provisional designation is recorded as 1954 QE1^[14].
• 8590 Pygargus's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 TU12^[15].
• 8590 Pygargus's provisional designation is recorded as 6533 P-L^[16].
• 8590 Pygargus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 8590 Pygargus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y828c^[18].
• 8590 Pygargus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008590^[19].
• 8590 Pygargus's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 8590 Pygargus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.12'}^[21].
• 8590 Pygargus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1209410'}^[22].
• 8590 Pygargus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1174100357860338'}^[23].
• 8590 Pygargus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.3'}^[24].
• 8590 Pygargus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.47'}^[25].
• 8590 Pygargus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.87874'}^[26].
• 8590 Pygargus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.882036289385902'}^[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

8590 Pygargus has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]