8962 Noctua

Summary

8962 Noctua is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8962 Noctua is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8962 Noctua is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8962 Noctua is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8962 Noctua's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8962 Noctua's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Little Owl is named after 8962 Noctua^[8].
• 8962 Noctua's follows is recorded as Q1082689^[9].
• 8962 Noctua's followed by is recorded as Q662188^[10].
• 8962 Noctua's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8962 Noctua's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[12].
• 8962 Noctua's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 8962 Noctua's provisional designation is recorded as 2771 P-L^[14].
• 8962 Noctua's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 8962 Noctua's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7pp8^[16].
• 8962 Noctua's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008962^[17].
• 8962 Noctua's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 8962 Noctua's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08'}^[19].
• 8962 Noctua's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0781785'}^[20].
• 8962 Noctua's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07886518175625613'}^[21].
• 8962 Noctua's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.8'}^[22].
• 8962 Noctua's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.9'}^[23].
• 8962 Noctua's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.98'}^[24].
• 8962 Noctua's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.74694'}^[25].
• 8962 Noctua's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.73791653112171'}^[26].
• 8962 Noctua's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.72'}^[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

8962 Noctua has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]