4409 Kissling

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4409 Kissling

Summary

4409 Kissling is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 4409 Kissling is credited with the discovery of Alan Gilmore[3].
  • 4409 Kissling is credited with the discovery of Pamela Kilmartin[4].
  • 4409 Kissling's instance of is recorded as asteroid[5].
  • 4409 Kissling's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Lake Tekapo[6].
  • 4409 Kissling's follows is recorded as 4408 Zlatá Koruna[7].
  • 4409 Kissling's followed by is recorded as Q120517[8].
  • 4409 Kissling's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • 4409 Kissling's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • 4409 Kissling's provisional designation is recorded as 1964 VD2[11].
  • 4409 Kissling's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 XR1[12].
  • 4409 Kissling's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 VH1[13].
  • 4409 Kissling's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 MD[14].
  • 4409 Kissling's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-06-30T00:00:00Z[15].
  • 4409 Kissling's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/086004[16].
  • 4409 Kissling's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004409[17].
  • 4409 Kissling's significant event is recorded as naming[18].
  • 4409 Kissling's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.10'}[19].
  • 4409 Kissling's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1009515'}[20].
  • 4409 Kissling's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.102454307614612'}[21].
  • 4409 Kissling's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.4'}[22].
  • 4409 Kissling's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.54'}[23].
  • 4409 Kissling's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.36035'}[24].
  • 4409 Kissling's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.355426319843146'}[25].
  • 4409 Kissling's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.28'}[26].
  • 4409 Kissling's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1926.841475903819'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Alan Gilmore[3], an astronomer[28], b. 1944[29], of New Zealand[30], awarded the Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit[31] and Pamela Kilmartin[4], an astronomer[32], b. 2000[33], of New Zealand[34], awarded the Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit[35], specialised in astronomy[36].

Why It Matters

4409 Kissling has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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