8759 Porzana

Summary

8759 Porzana is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8759 Porzana is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8759 Porzana is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8759 Porzana is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8759 Porzana's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8759 Porzana's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Spotted Crake is named after 8759 Porzana^[8].
• 8759 Porzana's follows is recorded as Q538356^[9].
• 8759 Porzana's followed by is recorded as Q239475^[10].
• 8759 Porzana's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8759 Porzana's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8759 Porzana's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 KO^[13].
• 8759 Porzana's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 UN10^[14].
• 8759 Porzana's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 SC30^[15].
• 8759 Porzana's provisional designation is recorded as 7603 P-L^[16].
• 8759 Porzana's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-10-17T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 8759 Porzana's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y812x^[18].
• 8759 Porzana's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008759^[19].
• 8759 Porzana's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 8759 Porzana's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.19'}^[21].
• 8759 Porzana's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1922434'}^[22].
• 8759 Porzana's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1916386863170993'}^[23].
• 8759 Porzana's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.5'}^[24].
• 8759 Porzana's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.79'}^[25].
• 8759 Porzana's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.75298'}^[26].
• 8759 Porzana's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.75463949278778'}^[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

8759 Porzana has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]