4356 Marathon

Summary

4356 Marathon is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 4356 Marathon is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 4356 Marathon is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 4356 Marathon is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 4356 Marathon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 4356 Marathon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Marathon is named after 4356 Marathon^[8].
• 4356 Marathon followed Q153735^[9].
• 4356 Marathon was followed by Q153743^[10].
• 4356 Marathon's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 4356 Marathon's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 4356 Marathon's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 RB1^[13].
• 4356 Marathon's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 FB^[14].
• 4356 Marathon's provisional designation is recorded as 9522 P-L^[15].
• 4356 Marathon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-10-17T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 4356 Marathon's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 4356 Marathon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.19'}^[18].
• 4356 Marathon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1911330'}^[19].
• 4356 Marathon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1921356114163181'}^[20].
• 4356 Marathon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.0'}^[21].
• 4356 Marathon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.27'}^[22].
• 4356 Marathon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.45809'}^[23].
• 4356 Marathon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+7.462318648025843'}^[24].
• 4356 Marathon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.69'}^[25].
• 4356 Marathon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1712.552553591433'}^[26].
• 4356 Marathon's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+1.89801'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

4356 Marathon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

Origins

Marathon is named after 4356 Marathon^[8].

Why It Matters

4356 Marathon has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]