4450 Pan

Summary

4450 Pan is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #26 of 147).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4450 Pan is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 4450 Pan is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 4450 Pan's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[5].
• 4450 Pan's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 4450 Pan's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[7].
• 4450 Pan's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[8].
• Pan is named after 4450 Pan^[9].
• 4450 Pan's follows is recorded as 4449 Sobinov^[10].
• 4450 Pan's followed by is recorded as Q154139^[11].
• 4450 Pan's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[12].
• 4450 Pan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[13].
• 4450 Pan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 4450 Pan's provisional designation is recorded as 1937 CA^[15].
• 4450 Pan's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 SY^[16].
• 4450 Pan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-09-25T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 4450 Pan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03whrmp^[18].
• 4450 Pan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004450^[19].
• 4450 Pan's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 4450 Pan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5866'}^[21].
• 4450 Pan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5866778'}^[22].
• 4450 Pan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.586609814568082'}^[23].
• 4450 Pan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.1'}^[24].
• 4450 Pan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.28'}^[25].
• 4450 Pan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.52027'}^[26].
• 4450 Pan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.524111546345941'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid^[5], near-Earth object^[6], and near-Earth asteroid^[7].

History and Context

Pan is named after 4450 Pan^[9].

Why It Matters

4450 Pan draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #26 of 147).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]