4487 Pocahontas

Summary

4487 Pocahontas is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4487 Pocahontas is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 4487 Pocahontas's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4487 Pocahontas's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 4487 Pocahontas's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• Pocahontas is named after 4487 Pocahontas^[7].
• 4487 Pocahontas's follows is recorded as 4486 Mithra^[8].
• 4487 Pocahontas's followed by is recorded as Q154299^[9].
• 4487 Pocahontas's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[10].
• 4487 Pocahontas's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 4487 Pocahontas's Commons category is recorded as 4487 Pocahontas^[12].
• 4487 Pocahontas's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 4487 Pocahontas's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 UA^[14].
• 4487 Pocahontas's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-10-17T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 4487 Pocahontas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y80dk^[16].
• 4487 Pocahontas's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004487^[17].
• 4487 Pocahontas's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 4487 Pocahontas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2965'}^[19].
• 4487 Pocahontas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2964022'}^[20].
• 4487 Pocahontas's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2964705485070414'}^[21].
• 4487 Pocahontas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.3'}^[22].
• 4487 Pocahontas's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.48'}^[23].
• 4487 Pocahontas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.40428'}^[24].
• 4487 Pocahontas's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.40525842504406'}^[25].
• 4487 Pocahontas's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+2.28'}^[26].
• 4487 Pocahontas's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+831.4569872440114'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4] and near-Earth object^[5].

History and Context

Pocahontas is named after 4487 Pocahontas^[7].

Why It Matters

4487 Pocahontas ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]