8969 Alexandrinus

Summary

8969 Alexandrinus is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8969 Alexandrinus is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8969 Alexandrinus is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8969 Alexandrinus is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8969 Alexandrinus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8969 Alexandrinus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Kentish Plover is named after 8969 Alexandrinus^[8].
• 8969 Alexandrinus's follows is recorded as Q1195293^[9].
• 8969 Alexandrinus's followed by is recorded as Q732999^[10].
• 8969 Alexandrinus's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8969 Alexandrinus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8969 Alexandrinus's provisional designation is recorded as 1218 T-2^[13].
• 8969 Alexandrinus's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 YJ1^[14].
• 8969 Alexandrinus's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 ET5^[15].
• 8969 Alexandrinus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-29T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 8969 Alexandrinus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0q7j^[17].
• 8969 Alexandrinus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008969^[18].
• 8969 Alexandrinus's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 8969 Alexandrinus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08'}^[20].
• 8969 Alexandrinus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0790144'}^[21].
• 8969 Alexandrinus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07727922049601543'}^[22].
• 8969 Alexandrinus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.1'}^[23].
• 8969 Alexandrinus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.32'}^[24].
• 8969 Alexandrinus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.96419'}^[25].
• 8969 Alexandrinus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.9665691281505301'}^[26].
• 8969 Alexandrinus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.73'}^[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

8969 Alexandrinus has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]