8596 Alchata

Summary

8596 Alchata is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8596 Alchata is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8596 Alchata is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8596 Alchata is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8596 Alchata's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8596 Alchata's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Pin-tailed Sandgrouse is named after 8596 Alchata^[8].
• 8596 Alchata's follows is recorded as Q514842^[9].
• 8596 Alchata's followed by is recorded as Q767264^[10].
• 8596 Alchata's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8596 Alchata's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8596 Alchata's provisional designation is recorded as 1298 T-2^[13].
• 8596 Alchata's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 WK3^[14].
• 8596 Alchata's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-29T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 8596 Alchata's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0pzy^[16].
• 8596 Alchata's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008596^[17].
• 8596 Alchata's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 8596 Alchata's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07'}^[19].
• 8596 Alchata's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0708435'}^[20].
• 8596 Alchata's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07058666123201547'}^[21].
• 8596 Alchata's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.5'}^[22].
• 8596 Alchata's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.88'}^[23].
• 8596 Alchata's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.40995'}^[24].
• 8596 Alchata's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.407649580600752'}^[25].
• 8596 Alchata's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.31'}^[26].
• 8596 Alchata's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1210.262274539549'}^[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

8596 Alchata has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]