8753 Nycticorax

Summary

8753 Nycticorax is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8753 Nycticorax is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8753 Nycticorax is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8753 Nycticorax is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8753 Nycticorax's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8753 Nycticorax's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Black-crowned Night Heron is named after 8753 Nycticorax^[8].
• 8753 Nycticorax's follows is recorded as Q546749^[9].
• 8753 Nycticorax's followed by is recorded as Q1193597^[10].
• 8753 Nycticorax's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8753 Nycticorax's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8753 Nycticorax's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 PN^[13].
• 8753 Nycticorax's provisional designation is recorded as 2636 P-L^[14].
• 8753 Nycticorax's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 8753 Nycticorax's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7qdb^[16].
• 8753 Nycticorax's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008753^[17].
• 8753 Nycticorax's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 8753 Nycticorax's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.19'}^[19].
• 8753 Nycticorax's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1903459'}^[20].
• 8753 Nycticorax's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1886215331025436'}^[21].
• 8753 Nycticorax's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.9'}^[22].
• 8753 Nycticorax's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.04'}^[23].
• 8753 Nycticorax's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.84613'}^[24].
• 8753 Nycticorax's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.847209757531976'}^[25].
• 8753 Nycticorax's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.53'}^[26].
• 8753 Nycticorax's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1292.058811816189'}^[27].

Body

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

8753 Nycticorax has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]