8964 Corax

Summary

8964 Corax is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8964 Corax is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8964 Corax is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8964 Corax is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8964 Corax's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8964 Corax's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Northern Raven is named after 8964 Corax^[8].
• 8964 Corax's follows is recorded as Q662188^[9].
• 8964 Corax's followed by is recorded as Q1192496^[10].
• 8964 Corax's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8964 Corax's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8964 Corax's provisional designation is recorded as 4118 T-2^[13].
• 8964 Corax's provisional designation is recorded as 7643 P-L^[14].
• 8964 Corax's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-10-17T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 8964 Corax's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1905^[16].
• 8964 Corax's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008964^[17].
• 8964 Corax's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 8964 Corax's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.10'}^[19].
• 8964 Corax's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1045757'}^[20].
• 8964 Corax's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1039392026580305'}^[21].
• 8964 Corax's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.1'}^[22].
• 8964 Corax's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.19'}^[23].
• 8964 Corax's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.34098'}^[24].
• 8964 Corax's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.342056664134315'}^[25].
• 8964 Corax's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.25'}^[26].
• 8964 Corax's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1185.78496430605'}^[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

8964 Corax has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]