8972 Sylvatica

Summary

8972 Sylvatica is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8972 Sylvatica is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8972 Sylvatica is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8972 Sylvatica is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8972 Sylvatica's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8972 Sylvatica's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Common Buttonquail is named after 8972 Sylvatica^[8].
• 8972 Sylvatica's follows is recorded as Q969697^[9].
• 8972 Sylvatica's followed by is recorded as Q1195279^[10].
• 8972 Sylvatica's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8972 Sylvatica's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8972 Sylvatica's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 WC4^[13].
• 8972 Sylvatica's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 OM1^[14].
• 8972 Sylvatica's provisional designation is recorded as 2319 T-2^[15].
• 8972 Sylvatica's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-29T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 8972 Sylvatica's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yg_88^[17].
• 8972 Sylvatica's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008972^[18].
• 8972 Sylvatica's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 8972 Sylvatica's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.13'}^[20].
• 8972 Sylvatica's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1327553'}^[21].
• 8972 Sylvatica's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1326016297854133'}^[22].
• 8972 Sylvatica's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.8'}^[23].
• 8972 Sylvatica's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.9'}^[24].
• 8972 Sylvatica's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.14'}^[25].
• 8972 Sylvatica's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.26884'}^[26].
• 8972 Sylvatica's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.26873660208889'}^[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

8972 Sylvatica has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]