4572 Brage

Summary

4572 Brage is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4572 Brage is credited with the discovery of Poul Jensen^[3].
• 4572 Brage's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4572 Brage's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Brorfelde Observatory^[5].
• Bragi is named after 4572 Brage^[6].
• 4572 Brage's follows is recorded as 4571 Grumiaux^[7].
• 4572 Brage's followed by is recorded as 4573 Piešťany^[8].
• 4572 Brage's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4572 Brage's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4572 Brage's provisional designation is recorded as 1956 LA^[11].
• 4572 Brage's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 VB13^[12].
• 4572 Brage's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 SK6^[13].
• 4572 Brage's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 FL2^[14].
• 4572 Brage's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 RF^[15].
• 4572 Brage's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 AT4^[16].
• 4572 Brage's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1986-09-08T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 4572 Brage's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y120r^[18].
• 4572 Brage's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004572^[19].
• 4572 Brage's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 4572 Brage's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[21].
• 4572 Brage's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1596181'}^[22].
• 4572 Brage's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.157140243712406'}^[23].
• 4572 Brage's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.6'}^[24].
• 4572 Brage's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.7'}^[25].
• 4572 Brage's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.96'}^[26].
• 4572 Brage's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.99262'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4572 Brage's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Bragi is named after 4572 Brage^[6].

Why It Matters

4572 Brage ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]