8764 Gallinago

Summary

8764 Gallinago is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8764 Gallinago is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8764 Gallinago is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8764 Gallinago is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8764 Gallinago's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8764 Gallinago's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Gallinago is named after 8764 Gallinago^[8].
• 8764 Gallinago's follows is recorded as Q1192776^[9].
• 8764 Gallinago's followed by is recorded as Q1193234^[10].
• 8764 Gallinago's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8764 Gallinago's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8764 Gallinago's provisional designation is recorded as 1109 T-2^[13].
• 8764 Gallinago's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 JJ4^[14].
• 8764 Gallinago's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 MN^[15].
• 8764 Gallinago's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-29T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 8764 Gallinago's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2hr4^[17].
• 8764 Gallinago's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008764^[18].
• 8764 Gallinago's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 8764 Gallinago's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.16'}^[20].
• 8764 Gallinago's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1597959'}^[21].
• 8764 Gallinago's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1609292499101057'}^[22].
• 8764 Gallinago's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.4'}^[23].
• 8764 Gallinago's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.57'}^[24].
• 8764 Gallinago's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.22900'}^[25].
• 8764 Gallinago's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.227429490271443'}^[26].
• 8764 Gallinago's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.72'}^[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

8764 Gallinago has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]