4240 Grün

Summary

4240 Grün is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4240 Grün is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 4240 Grün's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4240 Grün's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• Eberhard Grün is named after 4240 Grün^[6].
• 4240 Grün's follows is recorded as Q153121^[7].
• 4240 Grün's followed by is recorded as Q153138^[8].
• 4240 Grün's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4240 Grün's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4240 Grün's provisional designation is recorded as 1948 TX1^[11].
• 4240 Grün's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 EY20^[12].
• 4240 Grün's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-02T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 4240 Grün's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/043jn0n^[14].
• 4240 Grün's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004240^[15].
• 4240 Grün's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 4240 Grün's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[17].
• 4240 Grün's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1055295'}^[18].
• 4240 Grün's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1096671735041745'}^[19].
• 4240 Grün's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[20].
• 4240 Grün's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.65'}^[21].
• 4240 Grün's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.14226'}^[22].
• 4240 Grün's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.14473324194221'}^[23].
• 4240 Grün's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.04'}^[24].
• 4240 Grün's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1839.075975673216'}^[25].
• 4240 Grün's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+320.86941'}^[26].
• 4240 Grün's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+320.4826505061161'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4240 Grün's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Eberhard Grün is named after 4240 Grün^[6].

Why It Matters

4240 Grün 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 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]