3931 Batten

Summary

3931 Batten is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3931 Batten is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell^[3].
• 3931 Batten's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 3931 Batten's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• Alan Henry Batten is named after 3931 Batten^[6].
• 3931 Batten's follows is recorded as 3930 Vasilev^[7].
• 3931 Batten's followed by is recorded as 3932 Edshay^[8].
• 3931 Batten's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 3931 Batten's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 3931 Batten's provisional designation is recorded as 1958 DZ^[11].
• 3931 Batten's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 EN^[12].
• 3931 Batten's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1984-03-01T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 3931 Batten's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0y5q^[14].
• 3931 Batten's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003931^[15].
• 3931 Batten's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 3931 Batten's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08'}^[17].
• 3931 Batten's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0824008'}^[18].
• 3931 Batten's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0816438503044244'}^[19].
• 3931 Batten's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.6'}^[20].
• 3931 Batten's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.72'}^[21].
• 3931 Batten's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.79999'}^[22].
• 3931 Batten's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.797491438438353'}^[23].
• 3931 Batten's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.71'}^[24].
• 3931 Batten's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1353.521712125578'}^[25].
• 3931 Batten's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+328.18969'}^[26].
• 3931 Batten's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+328.0202656943744'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3931 Batten's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Alan Henry Batten is named after 3931 Batten^[6].

Why It Matters

3931 Batten ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]