4340 Dence

Summary

4340 Dence is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 4340 Dence is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 4340 Dence's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4340 Dence's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Michael R. Dence is named after 4340 Dence^[6].
• 4340 Dence's follows is recorded as Q153659^[7].
• 4340 Dence's followed by is recorded as 4341 Poseidon^[8].
• 4340 Dence's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4340 Dence's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4340 Dence's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 KF4^[11].
• 4340 Dence's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 JZ^[12].
• 4340 Dence's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 LN^[13].
• 4340 Dence's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1986-05-04T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 4340 Dence's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1dxq^[15].
• 4340 Dence's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004340^[16].
• 4340 Dence's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[17].
• 4340 Dence's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 4340 Dence's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.23'}^[19].
• 4340 Dence's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2313345'}^[20].
• 4340 Dence's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2293053702191576'}^[21].
• 4340 Dence's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.6'}^[22].
• 4340 Dence's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.75'}^[23].
• 4340 Dence's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+25.184'}^[24].
• 4340 Dence's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+25.15577'}^[25].
• 4340 Dence's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+25.13426159456543'}^[26].
• 4340 Dence's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.7'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

4340 Dence is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].

Why It Matters

4340 Dence has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]