4259 McCoy

Summary

4259 McCoy is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 4259 McCoy is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 4259 McCoy's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4259 McCoy's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory^[5].
• Timothy J. McCoy is named after 4259 McCoy^[6].
• 4259 McCoy followed 4258 Ryazanov^[7].
• 4259 McCoy was followed by Q153229^[8].
• 4259 McCoy's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4259 McCoy's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4259 McCoy's provisional designation is recorded as 1964 WO^[11].
• 4259 McCoy's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 GL4^[12].
• 4259 McCoy's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 YD3^[13].
• 4259 McCoy's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 YA4^[14].
• 4259 McCoy's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 SB3^[15].
• 4259 McCoy's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-09-16T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 4259 McCoy's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 4259 McCoy's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05'}^[18].
• 4259 McCoy's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0509624'}^[19].
• 4259 McCoy's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.04832049976857024'}^[20].
• 4259 McCoy's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.4'}^[21].
• 4259 McCoy's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.51'}^[22].
• 4259 McCoy's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.91486'}^[23].
• 4259 McCoy's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.914756891324656'}^[24].
• 4259 McCoy's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.92'}^[25].
• 4259 McCoy's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1795.688782980043'}^[26].
• 4259 McCoy's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+59.70337'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

4259 McCoy's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Timothy J. McCoy is named after 4259 McCoy^[6].

Why It Matters

4259 McCoy has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]