4638 Estens

Summary

4638 Estens is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4638 Estens is credited with the discovery of Robert H. McNaught^[3].
• 4638 Estens's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4638 Estens's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• 4638 Estens's follows is recorded as 4637 Odorico^[6].
• 4638 Estens's followed by is recorded as 4639 Minox^[7].
• 4638 Estens's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 4638 Estens's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 4638 Estens's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 LK^[10].
• 4638 Estens's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 JW1^[11].
• 4638 Estens's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 EG^[12].
• 4638 Estens's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-03-02T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 4638 Estens's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1ln2^[14].
• 4638 Estens's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004638^[15].
• 4638 Estens's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 4638 Estens's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09'}^[17].
• 4638 Estens's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0902025'}^[18].
• 4638 Estens's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08970030872323839'}^[19].
• 4638 Estens's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[20].
• 4638 Estens's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.8'}^[21].
• 4638 Estens's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.50565'}^[22].
• 4638 Estens's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.5090480076023'}^[23].
• 4638 Estens's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.25'}^[24].
• 4638 Estens's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1186.674895346258'}^[25].
• 4638 Estens's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+3.029'}^[26].
• 4638 Estens's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+277.22646'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4638 Estens's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

4638 Estens ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]