8768 Barnowl

Summary

8768 Barnowl is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8768 Barnowl is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8768 Barnowl is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8768 Barnowl is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8768 Barnowl's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8768 Barnowl's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Western Barn Owl is named after 8768 Barnowl^[8].
• 8768 Barnowl's follows is recorded as Q527480^[9].
• 8768 Barnowl's followed by is recorded as Q659812^[10].
• 8768 Barnowl's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8768 Barnowl's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8768 Barnowl's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 EE2^[13].
• 8768 Barnowl's provisional designation is recorded as 2080 T-2^[14].
• 8768 Barnowl's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-29T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 8768 Barnowl's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0xp6^[16].
• 8768 Barnowl's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008768^[17].
• 8768 Barnowl's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 8768 Barnowl's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.11'}^[19].
• 8768 Barnowl's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1067719'}^[20].
• 8768 Barnowl's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1050508125924043'}^[21].
• 8768 Barnowl's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.6'}^[22].
• 8768 Barnowl's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.7'}^[23].
• 8768 Barnowl's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.43847'}^[24].
• 8768 Barnowl's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.445561736766304'}^[25].
• 8768 Barnowl's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.77'}^[26].
• 8768 Barnowl's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1378.267978369202'}^[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

8768 Barnowl has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]