4385 Elsässer

Summary

4385 Elsässer is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4385 Elsässer is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 4385 Elsässer is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 4385 Elsässer is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 4385 Elsässer's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 4385 Elsässer's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Hans Elsässer is named after 4385 Elsässer^[8].
• 4385 Elsässer's follows is recorded as Q153868^[9].
• 4385 Elsässer's followed by is recorded as 4386 Lüst^[10].
• 4385 Elsässer's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 4385 Elsässer's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 4385 Elsässer's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 QE2^[13].
• 4385 Elsässer's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 RZ2^[14].
• 4385 Elsässer's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 KA5^[15].
• 4385 Elsässer's provisional designation is recorded as 2534 P-L^[16].
• 4385 Elsässer's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 4385 Elsässer's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0416306^[18].
• 4385 Elsässer's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004385^[19].
• 4385 Elsässer's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 4385 Elsässer's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[21].
• 4385 Elsässer's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1835793'}^[22].
• 4385 Elsässer's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1847629360862484'}^[23].
• 4385 Elsässer's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.0'}^[24].
• 4385 Elsässer's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.09'}^[25].
• 4385 Elsässer's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.57637'}^[26].
• 4385 Elsässer's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.5742394976723731'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4385 Elsässer's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Hans Elsässer is named after 4385 Elsässer^[8].

Why It Matters

4385 Elsässer 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 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]