9712 Nauplius

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9712 Nauplius

Summary

9712 Nauplius is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 9712 Nauplius is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten[3].
  • 9712 Nauplius is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld[4].
  • 9712 Nauplius is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels[5].
  • 9712 Nauplius's instance of is recorded as asteroid[6].
  • 9712 Nauplius's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[7].
  • Nauplius is named after 9712 Nauplius[8].
  • 9712 Nauplius's follows is recorded as 9711 Želetava[9].
  • 9712 Nauplius's followed by is recorded as 9713 Oceax[10].
  • 9712 Nauplius's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan[11].
  • 9712 Nauplius's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid[12].
  • 9712 Nauplius's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[13].
  • 9712 Nauplius's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 SO1[14].
  • 9712 Nauplius's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 EO9[15].
  • 9712 Nauplius's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 EB8[16].
  • 9712 Nauplius's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-19T00:00:00Z[17].
  • 9712 Nauplius's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7mm6[18].
  • 9712 Nauplius's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20009712[19].
  • 9712 Nauplius's significant event is recorded as naming[20].
  • 9712 Nauplius's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.127'}[21].
  • 9712 Nauplius's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1261755'}[22].
  • 9712 Nauplius's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1274924216552051'}[23].
  • 9712 Nauplius's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun[24].
  • 9712 Nauplius's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.8'}[25].
  • 9712 Nauplius's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.9'}[26].
  • 9712 Nauplius's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.99'}[27].

Body

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

9712 Nauplius has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . minorplanetcenter.org. minorplanetcenter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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