8973 Pratincola

Summary

8973 Pratincola is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8973 Pratincola is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8973 Pratincola is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8973 Pratincola is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8973 Pratincola's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8973 Pratincola's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Collared Pratincole is named after 8973 Pratincola^[8].
• 8973 Pratincola's follows is recorded as Q651911^[9].
• 8973 Pratincola's followed by is recorded as Q1195259^[10].
• 8973 Pratincola's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8973 Pratincola's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8973 Pratincola's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 UF5^[13].
• 8973 Pratincola's provisional designation is recorded as 3297 T-2^[14].
• 8973 Pratincola's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-30T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 8973 Pratincola's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y81dj^[16].
• 8973 Pratincola's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008973^[17].
• 8973 Pratincola's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 8973 Pratincola's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.16'}^[19].
• 8973 Pratincola's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1605411'}^[20].
• 8973 Pratincola's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1626158668793256'}^[21].
• 8973 Pratincola's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.1'}^[22].
• 8973 Pratincola's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.2'}^[23].
• 8973 Pratincola's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.39'}^[24].
• 8973 Pratincola's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.42824'}^[25].
• 8973 Pratincola's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.430789288278331'}^[26].
• 8973 Pratincola's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.7'}^[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

8973 Pratincola has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]