4048 Samwestfall

Summary

4048 Samwestfall is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 4048 Samwestfall is credited with the discovery of Indiana Asteroid Program^[3].
• 4048 Samwestfall's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4048 Samwestfall's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Goethe Link Observatory^[5].
• Richard S. Westfall is named after 4048 Samwestfall^[6].
• 4048 Samwestfall's follows is recorded as Q152586^[7].
• 4048 Samwestfall's followed by is recorded as 4049 Noragalʹ^[8].
• 4048 Samwestfall's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4048 Samwestfall's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4048 Samwestfall's provisional designation is recorded as 1954 UU^[11].
• 4048 Samwestfall's provisional designation is recorded as 1964 UC^[12].
• 4048 Samwestfall's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 SV2^[13].
• 4048 Samwestfall's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 US2^[14].
• 4048 Samwestfall's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1964-10-30T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 4048 Samwestfall's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yg3hc^[16].
• 4048 Samwestfall's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004048^[17].
• 4048 Samwestfall's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 4048 Samwestfall's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.19'}^[19].
• 4048 Samwestfall's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1878377'}^[20].
• 4048 Samwestfall's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1876965195484531'}^[21].
• 4048 Samwestfall's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.0'}^[22].
• 4048 Samwestfall's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.27'}^[23].
• 4048 Samwestfall's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.21131'}^[24].
• 4048 Samwestfall's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.211493821500957'}^[25].
• 4048 Samwestfall's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.34'}^[26].
• 4048 Samwestfall's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1220.531056641718'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

4048 Samwestfall is credited with the discovery of Indiana Asteroid Program^[3].

Why It Matters

4048 Samwestfall has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]