8968 Europaeus

Summary

8968 Europaeus is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8968 Europaeus is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8968 Europaeus is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8968 Europaeus is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8968 Europaeus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8968 Europaeus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• European Nightjar is named after 8968 Europaeus^[8].
• 8968 Europaeus's follows is recorded as Q527305^[9].
• 8968 Europaeus's followed by is recorded as Q372430^[10].
• 8968 Europaeus's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8968 Europaeus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8968 Europaeus's provisional designation is recorded as 1212 T-2^[13].
• 8968 Europaeus's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 SX1^[14].
• 8968 Europaeus's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 UU6^[15].
• 8968 Europaeus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-29T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 8968 Europaeus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1lxp^[17].
• 8968 Europaeus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008968^[18].
• 8968 Europaeus's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 8968 Europaeus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.12'}^[20].
• 8968 Europaeus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1187313'}^[21].
• 8968 Europaeus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1148500077709484'}^[22].
• 8968 Europaeus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.5'}^[23].
• 8968 Europaeus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.66'}^[24].
• 8968 Europaeus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.69817'}^[25].
• 8968 Europaeus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.68481441755131'}^[26].
• 8968 Europaeus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.23'}^[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

8968 Europaeus has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]