8971 Leucocephala

Summary

8971 Leucocephala is an asteroid^[1].

Key Facts

• 8971 Leucocephala is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[2].
• 8971 Leucocephala is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[3].
• 8971 Leucocephala is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[4].
• 8971 Leucocephala's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 8971 Leucocephala's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• White-headed Duck is named after 8971 Leucocephala^[7].
• 8971 Leucocephala's follows is recorded as Q732999^[8].
• 8971 Leucocephala's followed by is recorded as Q651911^[9].
• 8971 Leucocephala's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 8971 Leucocephala's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 8971 Leucocephala's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 UX4^[12].
• 8971 Leucocephala's provisional designation is recorded as 2256 T-2^[13].
• 8971 Leucocephala's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-29T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 8971 Leucocephala's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y73yg^[15].
• 8971 Leucocephala's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008971^[16].
• 8971 Leucocephala's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 8971 Leucocephala's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.15'}^[18].
• 8971 Leucocephala's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1456331'}^[19].
• 8971 Leucocephala's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1374428406360314'}^[20].
• 8971 Leucocephala's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.4'}^[21].
• 8971 Leucocephala's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.57'}^[22].
• 8971 Leucocephala's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.76000'}^[23].
• 8971 Leucocephala's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.7666392606204848'}^[24].
• 8971 Leucocephala's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.47'}^[25].
• 8971 Leucocephala's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2003.809294957973'}^[26].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[2], an astronomer^[27], 1920–2002^[28], of Kingdom of the Netherlands^[29], specialised in astronomy^[30]; Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[3], an astronomer^[31], 1921–2015^[32], of Kingdom of the Netherlands^[33], specialised in astronomy^[34]; and Tom Gehrels^[4], an astronomer^[35], 1925–2011^[36], of Kingdom of the Netherlands^[37], awarded the Masursky Award^[38], specialised in astronomy^[39].