8979 Clanga

Summary

8979 Clanga is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8979 Clanga is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8979 Clanga is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8979 Clanga is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8979 Clanga's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8979 Clanga's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Aquila clanga is named after 8979 Clanga^[8].
• 8979 Clanga's follows is recorded as Q743990^[9].
• 8979 Clanga's followed by is recorded as Q1195271^[10].
• 8979 Clanga's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8979 Clanga's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8979 Clanga's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 YM^[13].
• 8979 Clanga's provisional designation is recorded as 3476 T-3^[14].
• 8979 Clanga's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-16T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 8979 Clanga's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y182m^[16].
• 8979 Clanga's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008979^[17].
• 8979 Clanga's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 8979 Clanga's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.13'}^[19].
• 8979 Clanga's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1277565'}^[20].
• 8979 Clanga's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1281848725658945'}^[21].
• 8979 Clanga's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.8'}^[22].
• 8979 Clanga's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.99'}^[23].
• 8979 Clanga's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.42025'}^[24].
• 8979 Clanga's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.420015146881662'}^[25].
• 8979 Clanga's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.11'}^[26].
• 8979 Clanga's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1135.132476178546'}^[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

8979 Clanga has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]