4253 Märker

Summary

4253 Märker is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4253 Märker is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 4253 Märker's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4253 Märker's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• 4253 Märker's follows is recorded as Q153188^[6].
• 4253 Märker's followed by is recorded as 4254 Kamél^[7].
• 4253 Märker's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 4253 Märker's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 4253 Märker's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 WN7^[10].
• 4253 Märker's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 MW^[11].
• 4253 Märker's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 TN3^[12].
• 4253 Märker's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1985-10-11T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 4253 Märker's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/043mj_2^[14].
• 4253 Märker's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004253^[15].
• 4253 Märker's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 4253 Märker's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[17].
• 4253 Märker's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1746936'}^[18].
• 4253 Märker's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1763151258465694'}^[19].
• 4253 Märker's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.7'}^[20].
• 4253 Märker's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.85'}^[21].
• 4253 Märker's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.52304'}^[22].
• 4253 Märker's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.52482992762489'}^[23].
• 4253 Märker's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.24'}^[24].
• 4253 Märker's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1547.898482271382'}^[25].
• 4253 Märker's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+345.17457'}^[26].
• 4253 Märker's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+344.9755879673349'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4253 Märker's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

4253 Märker ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]