8977 Paludicola

Summary

8977 Paludicola is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8977 Paludicola is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8977 Paludicola is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8977 Paludicola is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8977 Paludicola's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8977 Paludicola's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Acrocephalus paludicola is named after 8977 Paludicola^[8].
• 8977 Paludicola's follows is recorded as Q268954^[9].
• 8977 Paludicola's followed by is recorded as Q743990^[10].
• 8977 Paludicola's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8977 Paludicola's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8977 Paludicola's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 DC1^[13].
• 8977 Paludicola's provisional designation is recorded as 4272 T-2^[14].
• 8977 Paludicola's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-29T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 8977 Paludicola's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7x8k^[16].
• 8977 Paludicola's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008977^[17].
• 8977 Paludicola's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 8977 Paludicola's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.12'}^[19].
• 8977 Paludicola's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1173096'}^[20].
• 8977 Paludicola's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1165125176988362'}^[21].
• 8977 Paludicola's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.1'}^[22].
• 8977 Paludicola's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.28'}^[23].
• 8977 Paludicola's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.58521'}^[24].
• 8977 Paludicola's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.585037980528278'}^[25].
• 8977 Paludicola's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.26'}^[26].
• 8977 Paludicola's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1192.010380713706'}^[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

8977 Paludicola has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]