4606 Saheki

Summary

4606 Saheki is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4606 Saheki is credited with the discovery of Tsutomu Seki^[3].
• 4606 Saheki's image is recorded as 4606Saheki (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 4606 Saheki's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 4606 Saheki's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Geisei observatory^[6].
• 4606 Saheki's follows is recorded as 4605 Nikitin^[7].
• 4606 Saheki's followed by is recorded as 4607 Seilandfarm^[8].
• 4606 Saheki's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4606 Saheki's Commons category is recorded as 4606 Saheki^[10].
• 4606 Saheki's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 4606 Saheki's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 GA1^[12].
• 4606 Saheki's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 TJ7^[13].
• 4606 Saheki's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 VF2^[14].
• 4606 Saheki's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 FH4^[15].
• 4606 Saheki's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 UM1^[16].
• 4606 Saheki's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-10-27T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 4606 Saheki's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yg1t5^[18].
• 4606 Saheki's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004606^[19].
• 4606 Saheki's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 4606 Saheki's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.10'}^[21].
• 4606 Saheki's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1012253'}^[22].
• 4606 Saheki's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1022385835991809'}^[23].
• 4606 Saheki's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.0'}^[24].
• 4606 Saheki's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.21'}^[25].
• 4606 Saheki's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.63401'}^[26].
• 4606 Saheki's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.63190593843305'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4606 Saheki's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

4606 Saheki ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]