4629 Walford

Summary

4629 Walford is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4629 Walford is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 4629 Walford's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4629 Walford's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Roy L. Walford is named after 4629 Walford^[6].
• 4629 Walford's follows is recorded as 4628 Laplace^[7].
• 4629 Walford's followed by is recorded as 4630 Chaonis^[8].
• 4629 Walford's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4629 Walford's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4629 Walford's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 UF1^[11].
• 4629 Walford's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 GC7^[12].
• 4629 Walford's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 JH^[13].
• 4629 Walford's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 TD7^[14].
• 4629 Walford's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 UK^[15].
• 4629 Walford's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1986-10-07T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 4629 Walford's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ykvdt^[17].
• 4629 Walford's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004629^[18].
• 4629 Walford's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 4629 Walford's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.21'}^[20].
• 4629 Walford's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2064667'}^[21].
• 4629 Walford's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2050214872557568'}^[22].
• 4629 Walford's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[23].
• 4629 Walford's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.69'}^[24].
• 4629 Walford's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.90024'}^[25].
• 4629 Walford's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.89638524205576'}^[26].
• 4629 Walford's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.33'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4629 Walford's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Roy L. Walford is named after 4629 Walford^[6].

Why It Matters

4629 Walford ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 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]