8773 Torquilla

Summary

8773 Torquilla is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8773 Torquilla is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8773 Torquilla is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8773 Torquilla is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8773 Torquilla's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8773 Torquilla's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Eurasian Wryneck is named after 8773 Torquilla^[8].
• 8773 Torquilla's follows is recorded as Q1192772^[9].
• 8773 Torquilla's followed by is recorded as Q534553^[10].
• 8773 Torquilla's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8773 Torquilla's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8773 Torquilla's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 BM^[13].
• 8773 Torquilla's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 WG2^[14].
• 8773 Torquilla's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 ED2^[15].
• 8773 Torquilla's provisional designation is recorded as 5006 T-2^[16].
• 8773 Torquilla's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-25T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 8773 Torquilla's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yhbq_^[18].
• 8773 Torquilla's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008773^[19].
• 8773 Torquilla's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 8773 Torquilla's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.22'}^[21].
• 8773 Torquilla's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2201495'}^[22].
• 8773 Torquilla's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2205337759898248'}^[23].
• 8773 Torquilla's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.1'}^[24].
• 8773 Torquilla's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.27'}^[25].
• 8773 Torquilla's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.91064'}^[26].
• 8773 Torquilla's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.915401924485181'}^[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

8773 Torquilla has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]