8755 Querquedula

Summary

8755 Querquedula is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8755 Querquedula is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8755 Querquedula is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8755 Querquedula is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8755 Querquedula's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8755 Querquedula's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Anas querquedula is named after 8755 Querquedula^[8].
• 8755 Querquedula's follows is recorded as Q1193597^[9].
• 8755 Querquedula's followed by is recorded as Q1192672^[10].
• 8755 Querquedula's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8755 Querquedula's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[12].
• 8755 Querquedula's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 8755 Querquedula's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 ET28^[14].
• 8755 Querquedula's provisional designation is recorded as 4586 P-L^[15].
• 8755 Querquedula's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 8755 Querquedula's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y82fw^[17].
• 8755 Querquedula's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008755^[18].
• 8755 Querquedula's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 8755 Querquedula's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.14'}^[20].
• 8755 Querquedula's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1407630'}^[21].
• 8755 Querquedula's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1439180262554441'}^[22].
• 8755 Querquedula's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.1'}^[23].
• 8755 Querquedula's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.21'}^[24].
• 8755 Querquedula's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.38574'}^[25].
• 8755 Querquedula's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.38422202607944'}^[26].
• 8755 Querquedula's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.77'}^[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

8755 Querquedula has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]