4438 Sykes

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q154080
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4438 Sykes

Summary

4438 Sykes is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 4438 Sykes is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell[3].
  • 4438 Sykes's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 4438 Sykes's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Lowell Observatory[5].
  • Mark V. Sykes is named after 4438 Sykes[6].
  • 4438 Sykes's follows is recorded as Q154079[7].
  • 4438 Sykes's followed by is recorded as Q154087[8].
  • 4438 Sykes's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • 4438 Sykes's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • 4438 Sykes's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 TA[11].
  • 4438 Sykes's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 TN5[12].
  • 4438 Sykes's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 WR[13].
  • 4438 Sykes's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 KB5[14].
  • 4438 Sykes's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1983-11-29T00:00:00Z[15].
  • 4438 Sykes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yg_7x[16].
  • 4438 Sykes's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004438[17].
  • 4438 Sykes's significant event is recorded as naming[18].
  • 4438 Sykes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.25'}[19].
  • 4438 Sykes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2523527'}[20].
  • 4438 Sykes's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2534959550173055'}[21].
  • 4438 Sykes's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.7'}[22].
  • 4438 Sykes's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.69'}[23].
  • 4438 Sykes's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.30504'}[24].
  • 4438 Sykes's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+13.31587971043058'}[25].
  • 4438 Sykes's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.63'}[26].
  • 4438 Sykes's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2053.25447355538'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

4438 Sykes is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell[3].

Why It Matters

4438 Sykes 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. [4] . 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. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . 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] . 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.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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