8769 Arctictern

Summary

8769 Arctictern is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8769 Arctictern is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8769 Arctictern is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8769 Arctictern is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8769 Arctictern's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8769 Arctictern's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Arctic Tern is named after 8769 Arctictern^[8].
• 8769 Arctictern's follows is recorded as Q283165^[9].
• 8769 Arctictern's followed by is recorded as Q1192763^[10].
• 8769 Arctictern's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8769 Arctictern's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8769 Arctictern's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 OP4^[13].
• 8769 Arctictern's provisional designation is recorded as 2181 T-2^[14].
• 8769 Arctictern's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-29T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 8769 Arctictern's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0trr^[16].
• 8769 Arctictern's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008769^[17].
• 8769 Arctictern's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 8769 Arctictern's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05'}^[19].
• 8769 Arctictern's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0470458'}^[20].
• 8769 Arctictern's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.04855077890754504'}^[21].
• 8769 Arctictern's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.3'}^[22].
• 8769 Arctictern's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.48'}^[23].
• 8769 Arctictern's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.08434'}^[24].
• 8769 Arctictern's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.090021908916587'}^[25].
• 8769 Arctictern's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.4'}^[26].
• 8769 Arctictern's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1606.51726572249'}^[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

8769 Arctictern has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]