4587 Rees

Summary

4587 Rees is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4587 Rees is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 4587 Rees is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 4587 Rees is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 4587 Rees's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 4587 Rees's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Martin Rees is named after 4587 Rees^[8].
• 4587 Rees's follows is recorded as Q154506^[9].
• 4587 Rees's followed by is recorded as Q154516^[10].
• 4587 Rees's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[11].
• 4587 Rees's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[12].
• 4587 Rees's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[13].
• 4587 Rees's Commons category is recorded as 4587 Rees^[14].
• 4587 Rees's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[15].
• 4587 Rees's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 HQ^[16].
• 4587 Rees's provisional designation is recorded as 3239 T-2^[17].
• 4587 Rees's provisional designation is recorded as 6378 P-L^[18].
• 4587 Rees's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-30T00:00:00Z^[19].
• 4587 Rees's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03gqz4t^[20].
• 4587 Rees's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004587^[21].
• 4587 Rees's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 4587 Rees's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5093'}^[23].
• 4587 Rees's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5089056'}^[24].
• 4587 Rees's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5087661320790261'}^[25].
• 4587 Rees's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.3'}^[26].
• 4587 Rees's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.45'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4587 Rees's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Martin Rees is named after 4587 Rees^[8].

Why It Matters

4587 Rees ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 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]