3918 Brel

Summary

3918 Brel is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3918 Brel is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 3918 Brel's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 3918 Brel's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haute-Provence Observatory^[5].
• Jacques Brel is named after 3918 Brel^[6].
• 3918 Brel's follows is recorded as Q152364^[7].
• 3918 Brel's followed by is recorded as Q918674^[8].
• 3918 Brel's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 3918 Brel's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 3918 Brel's provisional designation is recorded as 1931 VF1^[11].
• 3918 Brel's provisional designation is recorded as 1951 RX1^[12].
• 3918 Brel's provisional designation is recorded as 1968 UN3^[13].
• 3918 Brel's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 OK^[14].
• 3918 Brel's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 TE4^[15].
• 3918 Brel's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 DQ4^[16].
• 3918 Brel's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 PE1^[17].
• 3918 Brel's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-08-13T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 3918 Brel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y12ds^[19].
• 3918 Brel's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003918^[20].
• 3918 Brel's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 3918 Brel's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.21'}^[22].
• 3918 Brel's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2083094'}^[23].
• 3918 Brel's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2081215542242391'}^[24].
• 3918 Brel's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.7'}^[25].
• 3918 Brel's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.8'}^[26].
• 3918 Brel's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.50975'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3918 Brel's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Jacques Brel is named after 3918 Brel^[6].

Why It Matters

3918 Brel ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]