4523 MIT

Summary

4523 MIT is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4523 MIT is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 4523 MIT's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4523 MIT's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology is named after 4523 MIT^[6].
• 4523 MIT's follows is recorded as 4522 Britastra^[7].
• 4523 MIT's followed by is recorded as Q280333^[8].
• 4523 MIT's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4523 MIT's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4523 MIT's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 YR3^[11].
• 4523 MIT's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 DM1^[12].
• 4523 MIT's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-02-28T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 4523 MIT's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7hlz^[14].
• 4523 MIT's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004523^[15].
• 4523 MIT's asteroid spectral type is recorded as C-type asteroid^[16].
• 4523 MIT's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 4523 MIT's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[18].
• 4523 MIT's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1397464'}^[19].
• 4523 MIT's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1362364960924436'}^[20].
• 4523 MIT's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.9'}^[21].
• 4523 MIT's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.0'}^[22].
• 4523 MIT's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.07396'}^[23].
• 4523 MIT's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.08810385404191'}^[24].
• 4523 MIT's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.39'}^[25].
• 4523 MIT's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1605.965221141654'}^[26].
• 4523 MIT's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+210.07290'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4523 MIT's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is named after 4523 MIT^[6].

Why It Matters

4523 MIT ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]