4456 Mawson

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q154154
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Summary

4456 Mawson is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 4456 Mawson is credited with the discovery of Robert H. McNaught[3].
  • 4456 Mawson's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 4456 Mawson's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory[5].
  • Douglas Mawson is named after 4456 Mawson[6].
  • 4456 Mawson's follows is recorded as 4455 Ruriko[7].
  • 4456 Mawson's followed by is recorded as 4457 van Gogh[8].
  • 4456 Mawson's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • 4456 Mawson's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • 4456 Mawson's provisional designation is recorded as 1938 UZ[11].
  • 4456 Mawson's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 OG[12].
  • 4456 Mawson's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-07-27T00:00:00Z[13].
  • 4456 Mawson's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7d2k[14].
  • 4456 Mawson's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004456[15].
  • 4456 Mawson's asteroid spectral type is recorded as L-type asteroid[16].
  • 4456 Mawson's significant event is recorded as naming[17].
  • 4456 Mawson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.28'}[18].
  • 4456 Mawson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2767134'}[19].
  • 4456 Mawson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.276923894657664'}[20].
  • 4456 Mawson's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.7'}[21].
  • 4456 Mawson's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.79'}[22].
  • 4456 Mawson's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+15.00540'}[23].
  • 4456 Mawson's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+15.00365860597684'}[24].
  • 4456 Mawson's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.66'}[25].
  • 4456 Mawson's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1337.042641639807'}[26].
  • 4456 Mawson's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+358.17618'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

4456 Mawson is credited with the discovery of Robert H. McNaught[3].

Why It Matters

4456 Mawson has Wikipedia articles in 26 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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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