8763 Pugnax

Summary

8763 Pugnax is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8763 Pugnax is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8763 Pugnax is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8763 Pugnax is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8763 Pugnax's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8763 Pugnax's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Ruff is named after 8763 Pugnax^[8].
• 8763 Pugnax's follows is recorded as Q33545^[9].
• 8763 Pugnax's followed by is recorded as Q780723^[10].
• 8763 Pugnax's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8763 Pugnax's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8763 Pugnax's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 VG7^[13].
• 8763 Pugnax's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 MY1^[14].
• 8763 Pugnax's provisional designation is recorded as 3271 T-1^[15].
• 8763 Pugnax's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1971-03-26T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 8763 Pugnax's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y820t^[17].
• 8763 Pugnax's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008763^[18].
• 8763 Pugnax's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 8763 Pugnax's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.02'}^[20].
• 8763 Pugnax's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0227988'}^[21].
• 8763 Pugnax's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.02635784079874417'}^[22].
• 8763 Pugnax's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.3'}^[23].
• 8763 Pugnax's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.5'}^[24].
• 8763 Pugnax's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.58'}^[25].
• 8763 Pugnax's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.03460'}^[26].
• 8763 Pugnax's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.028523493870147'}^[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

8763 Pugnax has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]