8965 Citrinella

Summary

8965 Citrinella is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 8965 Citrinella is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 8965 Citrinella is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 8965 Citrinella is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 8965 Citrinella's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 8965 Citrinella's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Yellowhammer is named after 8965 Citrinella^[8].
• 8965 Citrinella followed 8964 Corax^[9].
• 8965 Citrinella was followed by 8966 Hortulana^[10].
• 8965 Citrinella's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 8965 Citrinella's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 8965 Citrinella's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 VK11^[13].
• 8965 Citrinella's provisional designation is recorded as 9511 P-L^[14].
• 8965 Citrinella's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-10-17T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 8965 Citrinella's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 8965 Citrinella's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.14'}^[17].
• 8965 Citrinella's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1371155'}^[18].
• 8965 Citrinella's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.145116410509886'}^[19].
• 8965 Citrinella's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.1'}^[20].
• 8965 Citrinella's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.23'}^[21].
• 8965 Citrinella's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.86788'}^[22].
• 8965 Citrinella's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.8756713151324692'}^[23].
• 8965 Citrinella's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.62'}^[24].
• 8965 Citrinella's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2042.708938082924'}^[25].
• 8965 Citrinella's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+9.082'}^[26].
• 8965 Citrinella's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+160.14211'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

8965 Citrinella's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

Origins

Yellowhammer is named after 8965 Citrinella^[8].

Why It Matters

8965 Citrinella has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]