8959 Oenanthe

Summary

8959 Oenanthe is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8959 Oenanthe is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8959 Oenanthe is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8959 Oenanthe is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8959 Oenanthe's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8959 Oenanthe's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Northern Wheatear is named after 8959 Oenanthe^[8].
• 8959 Oenanthe's follows is recorded as 8958 Stargazer^[9].
• 8959 Oenanthe's followed by is recorded as Q748132^[10].
• 8959 Oenanthe's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8959 Oenanthe's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8959 Oenanthe's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 WT11^[13].
• 8959 Oenanthe's provisional designation is recorded as 2550 P-L^[14].
• 8959 Oenanthe's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 8959 Oenanthe's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7tjw^[16].
• 8959 Oenanthe's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008959^[17].
• 8959 Oenanthe's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 8959 Oenanthe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.21'}^[19].
• 8959 Oenanthe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2056891'}^[20].
• 8959 Oenanthe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2067770785642354'}^[21].
• 8959 Oenanthe's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.8'}^[22].
• 8959 Oenanthe's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.97'}^[23].
• 8959 Oenanthe's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.12852'}^[24].
• 8959 Oenanthe's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.125436488228205'}^[25].
• 8959 Oenanthe's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.5'}^[26].
• 8959 Oenanthe's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1277.17240791783'}^[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

8959 Oenanthe has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]