8758 Perdix

Summary

8758 Perdix is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8758 Perdix is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8758 Perdix is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8758 Perdix is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8758 Perdix's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8758 Perdix's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Grey Partridge is named after 8758 Perdix^[8].
• 8758 Perdix's follows is recorded as Q965580^[9].
• 8758 Perdix's followed by is recorded as Q251403^[10].
• 8758 Perdix's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8758 Perdix's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[12].
• 8758 Perdix's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 8758 Perdix's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 EK3^[14].
• 8758 Perdix's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 CQ13^[15].
• 8758 Perdix's provisional designation is recorded as 6683 P-L^[16].
• 8758 Perdix's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 8758 Perdix's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7z6s^[18].
• 8758 Perdix's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008758^[19].
• 8758 Perdix's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 8758 Perdix's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.12'}^[21].
• 8758 Perdix's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1146658'}^[22].
• 8758 Perdix's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.113225337020339'}^[23].
• 8758 Perdix's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.0'}^[24].
• 8758 Perdix's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.22'}^[25].
• 8758 Perdix's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.47746'}^[26].
• 8758 Perdix's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.48081658848134'}^[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

8758 Perdix has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]