9677 Gowlandhopkins

Summary

9677 Gowlandhopkins is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 9677 Gowlandhopkins is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Frederick Hopkins is named after 9677 Gowlandhopkins^[8].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins's follows is recorded as 9676 Eijkman^[9].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins's followed by is recorded as 9678 van der Meer^[10].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 QW9^[13].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins's provisional designation is recorded as 2532 P-L^[14].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2yrr^[16].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009677^[17].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.26'}^[19].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2598796'}^[20].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2576339617707608'}^[21].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.8'}^[22].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.7'}^[23].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.92'}^[24].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.56659'}^[25].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+8.565294276185634'}^[26].
• 9677 Gowlandhopkins's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.42'}^[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

9677 Gowlandhopkins has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]