4138 Kalchas

Trojan asteroid
Thing asteroid Q152729
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4138 Kalchas

Summary

4138 Kalchas is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 4138 Kalchas is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten[3].
  • 4138 Kalchas is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld[4].
  • 4138 Kalchas is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels[5].
  • 4138 Kalchas's instance of is recorded as asteroid[6].
  • 4138 Kalchas's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[7].
  • Calchas is named after 4138 Kalchas[8].
  • 4138 Kalchas followed Q152730[9].
  • 4138 Kalchas was followed by 4139 Ulʹyanin[10].
  • 4138 Kalchas's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan[11].
  • 4138 Kalchas's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid[12].
  • 4138 Kalchas's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[13].
  • 4138 Kalchas's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[14].
  • 4138 Kalchas's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 SM[15].
  • 4138 Kalchas's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 VU6[16].
  • 4138 Kalchas's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-19T00:00:00Z[17].
  • 4138 Kalchas's significant event is recorded as naming[18].
  • 4138 Kalchas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.043'}[19].
  • 4138 Kalchas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0437662'}[20].
  • 4138 Kalchas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.04338981757191732'}[21].
  • 4138 Kalchas's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun[22].
  • 4138 Kalchas's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+17.48'}[23].
  • 4138 Kalchas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10'}[24].
  • 4138 Kalchas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.1'}[25].
  • 4138 Kalchas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.15'}[26].
  • 4138 Kalchas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.09947'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

4138 Kalchas's instance of is recorded as asteroid[6].

Origins

Calchas is named after 4138 Kalchas[8].

Why It Matters

4138 Kalchas has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . minorplanetcenter.org. minorplanetcenter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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