3938 Chapront

Summary

3938 Chapront is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 3938 Chapront is credited with the discovery of Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth^[3].
• 3938 Chapront's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 3938 Chapront's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory^[5].
• Jean Chapront is named after 3938 Chapront^[6].
• 3938 Chapront's follows is recorded as 3937 Bretagnon^[7].
• 3938 Chapront's followed by is recorded as 3939 Huruhata^[8].
• 3938 Chapront's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 3938 Chapront's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 3938 Chapront's provisional designation is recorded as 1949 PL^[11].
• 3938 Chapront's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 NC^[12].
• 3938 Chapront's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1949-08-02T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 3938 Chapront's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y164d^[14].
• 3938 Chapront's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003938^[15].
• 3938 Chapront's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 3938 Chapront's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.040984'}^[17].
• 3938 Chapront's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0406754'}^[18].
• 3938 Chapront's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03898272852650531'}^[19].
• 3938 Chapront's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[20].
• 3938 Chapront's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}^[21].
• 3938 Chapront's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.08753'}^[22].
• 3938 Chapront's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.089443159362474'}^[23].
• 3938 Chapront's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.93'}^[24].
• 3938 Chapront's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1436.03852171372'}^[25].
• 3938 Chapront's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+157.89562'}^[26].
• 3938 Chapront's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+157.7692382330327'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3938 Chapront's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Jean Chapront is named after 3938 Chapront^[6].

Why It Matters

3938 Chapront has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]