3748 Tatum

Summary

3748 Tatum is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3748 Tatum is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell^[3].
• 3748 Tatum's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 3748 Tatum's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 3748 Tatum's follows is recorded as 3747 Belinskij^[6].
• 3748 Tatum's followed by is recorded as 3749 Balam^[7].
• 3748 Tatum's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 3748 Tatum's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 3748 Tatum's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 VT2^[10].
• 3748 Tatum's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 JQ^[11].
• 3748 Tatum's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 VB4^[12].
• 3748 Tatum's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 GN1^[13].
• 3748 Tatum's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-05-03T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 3748 Tatum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yh3zp^[15].
• 3748 Tatum's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003748^[16].
• 3748 Tatum's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 3748 Tatum's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[18].
• 3748 Tatum's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1516851'}^[19].
• 3748 Tatum's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1488654565533795'}^[20].
• 3748 Tatum's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.6'}^[21].
• 3748 Tatum's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.69'}^[22].
• 3748 Tatum's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.97925'}^[23].
• 3748 Tatum's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.973557700407572'}^[24].
• 3748 Tatum's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.03'}^[25].
• 3748 Tatum's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1474.857144168645'}^[26].
• 3748 Tatum's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+58.21'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3748 Tatum's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

3748 Tatum ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]