8599 Riparia

Summary

8599 Riparia is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8599 Riparia is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8599 Riparia is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8599 Riparia is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8599 Riparia's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8599 Riparia's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Sand Martin is named after 8599 Riparia^[8].
• 8599 Riparia's follows is recorded as Q739590^[9].
• 8599 Riparia's followed by is recorded as Q634468^[10].
• 8599 Riparia's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8599 Riparia's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8599 Riparia's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 VA10^[13].
• 8599 Riparia's provisional designation is recorded as 2277 T-2^[14].
• 8599 Riparia's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-29T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 8599 Riparia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y859n^[16].
• 8599 Riparia's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008599^[17].
• 8599 Riparia's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 8599 Riparia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.10'}^[19].
• 8599 Riparia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0962557'}^[20].
• 8599 Riparia's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0973610886854773'}^[21].
• 8599 Riparia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.3'}^[22].
• 8599 Riparia's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.49'}^[23].
• 8599 Riparia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.46263'}^[24].
• 8599 Riparia's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.461633085563141'}^[25].
• 8599 Riparia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.47'}^[26].
• 8599 Riparia's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1633.510261382368'}^[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

8599 Riparia has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]