8602 Oedicnemus

Summary

8602 Oedicnemus is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8602 Oedicnemus is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8602 Oedicnemus is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8602 Oedicnemus is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8602 Oedicnemus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8602 Oedicnemus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Eurasian Stone-curlew is named after 8602 Oedicnemus^[8].
• 8602 Oedicnemus's follows is recorded as Q1192321^[9].
• 8602 Oedicnemus's followed by is recorded as Q590525^[10].
• 8602 Oedicnemus's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8602 Oedicnemus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8602 Oedicnemus's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 DG^[13].
• 8602 Oedicnemus's provisional designation is recorded as 2480 T-3^[14].
• 8602 Oedicnemus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-16T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 8602 Oedicnemus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7tjj^[16].
• 8602 Oedicnemus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008602^[17].
• 8602 Oedicnemus's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 8602 Oedicnemus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.13'}^[19].
• 8602 Oedicnemus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1312913'}^[20].
• 8602 Oedicnemus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.133302338034601'}^[21].
• 8602 Oedicnemus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.1'}^[22].
• 8602 Oedicnemus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.31'}^[23].
• 8602 Oedicnemus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.07162'}^[24].
• 8602 Oedicnemus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.073730078743683'}^[25].
• 8602 Oedicnemus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.72'}^[26].
• 8602 Oedicnemus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1357.907597955004'}^[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

8602 Oedicnemus has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]