8772 Minutus

Summary

8772 Minutus is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8772 Minutus is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8772 Minutus is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8772 Minutus is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8772 Minutus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8772 Minutus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Little Bittern is named after 8772 Minutus^[8].
• 8772 Minutus followed 8771 Biarmicus^[9].
• 8772 Minutus was followed by Q1193573^[10].
• 8772 Minutus's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8772 Minutus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8772 Minutus's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 VJ5^[13].
• 8772 Minutus's provisional designation is recorded as 4254 T-2^[14].
• 8772 Minutus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-29T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 8772 Minutus's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 8772 Minutus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.23'}^[17].
• 8772 Minutus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2332767'}^[18].
• 8772 Minutus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2328554685026031'}^[19].
• 8772 Minutus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.1'}^[20].
• 8772 Minutus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.29'}^[21].
• 8772 Minutus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.36320'}^[22].
• 8772 Minutus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.362714128023806'}^[23].
• 8772 Minutus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.71'}^[24].
• 8772 Minutus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1355.24785969704'}^[25].
• 8772 Minutus's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+68.10248'}^[26].
• 8772 Minutus's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+68.0669753735421'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

8772 Minutus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

Origins

Little Bittern is named after 8772 Minutus^[8].

Why It Matters

8772 Minutus has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]