8766 Niger

Summary

8766 Niger is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8766 Niger is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8766 Niger is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8766 Niger is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8766 Niger's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8766 Niger's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Black Tern is named after 8766 Niger^[8].
• 8766 Niger's follows is recorded as Q1193234^[9].
• 8766 Niger's followed by is recorded as Q527480^[10].
• 8766 Niger's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8766 Niger's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8766 Niger's provisional designation is recorded as 1304 T-2^[13].
• 8766 Niger's provisional designation is recorded as 1968 UG3^[14].
• 8766 Niger's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 YY4^[15].
• 8766 Niger's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 UT1^[16].
• 8766 Niger's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-29T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 8766 Niger's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7nt2^[18].
• 8766 Niger's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008766^[19].
• 8766 Niger's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 8766 Niger's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.15'}^[21].
• 8766 Niger's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1516234'}^[22].
• 8766 Niger's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1483715423439287'}^[23].
• 8766 Niger's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.2'}^[24].
• 8766 Niger's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.3'}^[25].
• 8766 Niger's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.54'}^[26].
• 8766 Niger's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.08762'}^[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

8766 Niger has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]