8976 Leucura

Summary

8976 Leucura is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8976 Leucura is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8976 Leucura is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8976 Leucura is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8976 Leucura's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8976 Leucura's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Black Wheatear is named after 8976 Leucura^[8].
• 8976 Leucura's follows is recorded as Q1195265^[9].
• 8976 Leucura's followed by is recorded as Q157702^[10].
• 8976 Leucura's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8976 Leucura's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8976 Leucura's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 BG^[13].
• 8976 Leucura's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 SP29^[14].
• 8976 Leucura's provisional designation is recorded as 4221 T-2^[15].
• 8976 Leucura's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-29T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 8976 Leucura's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y73zh^[17].
• 8976 Leucura's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008976^[18].
• 8976 Leucura's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 8976 Leucura's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.15'}^[20].
• 8976 Leucura's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1460461'}^[21].
• 8976 Leucura's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1385420970930322'}^[22].
• 8976 Leucura's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.3'}^[23].
• 8976 Leucura's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.4'}^[24].
• 8976 Leucura's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.49'}^[25].
• 8976 Leucura's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.09634'}^[26].
• 8976 Leucura's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.094197378519846'}^[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

8976 Leucura has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]