4642 Murchie

Summary

4642 Murchie is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4642 Murchie is credited with the discovery of Henry E. Holt^[3].
• 4642 Murchie's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4642 Murchie's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Scott L. Murchie is named after 4642 Murchie^[6].
• 4642 Murchie's follows is recorded as 4641 Ayako^[7].
• 4642 Murchie's followed by is recorded as 4643 Cisneros^[8].
• 4642 Murchie's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4642 Murchie's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4642 Murchie's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 DJ10^[11].
• 4642 Murchie's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 RS^[12].
• 4642 Murchie's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 SV8^[13].
• 4642 Murchie's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 XL2^[14].
• 4642 Murchie's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 QG4^[15].
• 4642 Murchie's provisional designation is recorded as A916 PB^[16].
• 4642 Murchie's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-08-23T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 4642 Murchie's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7l2q^[18].
• 4642 Murchie's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004642^[19].
• 4642 Murchie's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 4642 Murchie's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[21].
• 4642 Murchie's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1474136'}^[22].
• 4642 Murchie's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1454376008537453'}^[23].
• 4642 Murchie's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.3'}^[24].
• 4642 Murchie's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.45'}^[25].
• 4642 Murchie's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.01252'}^[26].
• 4642 Murchie's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.013243045285638'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4642 Murchie's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Scott L. Murchie is named after 4642 Murchie^[6].

Why It Matters

4642 Murchie 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 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]