4076 Dörffel

Summary

4076 Dörffel is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4076 Dörffel is credited with the discovery of Freimut Börngen^[3].
• 4076 Dörffel's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4076 Dörffel's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Karl Schwarzschild Observatory^[5].
• Georg Samuel Dörffel is named after 4076 Dörffel^[6].
• 4076 Dörffel's follows is recorded as Q152625^[7].
• 4076 Dörffel's followed by is recorded as Q152628^[8].
• 4076 Dörffel's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4076 Dörffel's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4076 Dörffel's provisional designation is recorded as 1960 BF^[11].
• 4076 Dörffel's provisional designation is recorded as 1968 UY^[12].
• 4076 Dörffel's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 YB1^[13].
• 4076 Dörffel's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 RL8^[14].
• 4076 Dörffel's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 UF4^[15].
• 4076 Dörffel's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 AF^[16].
• 4076 Dörffel's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 US1^[17].
• 4076 Dörffel's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1982-10-19T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 4076 Dörffel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04162z0^[19].
• 4076 Dörffel's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004076^[20].
• 4076 Dörffel's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 4076 Dörffel's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[22].
• 4076 Dörffel's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0709823'}^[23].
• 4076 Dörffel's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06795262472783858'}^[24].
• 4076 Dörffel's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.2'}^[25].
• 4076 Dörffel's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.39'}^[26].
• 4076 Dörffel's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.35483'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4076 Dörffel's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Georg Samuel Dörffel is named after 4076 Dörffel^[6].

Why It Matters

4076 Dörffel 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 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]