4657 Lopez

Summary

4657 Lopez is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4657 Lopez is credited with the discovery of Nikolai Chernykh^[3].
• 4657 Lopez's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4657 Lopez's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• Álvaro López-García is named after 4657 Lopez^[6].
• 4657 Lopez's follows is recorded as 4656 Huchra^[7].
• 4657 Lopez's followed by is recorded as 4658 Gavrilov^[8].
• 4657 Lopez's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4657 Lopez's Commons category is recorded as 4657 Lopez^[10].
• 4657 Lopez's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 4657 Lopez's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 NU7^[12].
• 4657 Lopez's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 SU9^[13].
• 4657 Lopez's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 GJ1^[14].
• 4657 Lopez's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1979-09-22T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 4657 Lopez's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y76d9^[16].
• 4657 Lopez's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004657^[17].
• 4657 Lopez's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 4657 Lopez's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[19].
• 4657 Lopez's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1807430'}^[20].
• 4657 Lopez's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1817484411444455'}^[21].
• 4657 Lopez's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.7'}^[22].
• 4657 Lopez's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.8'}^[23].
• 4657 Lopez's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.28107'}^[24].
• 4657 Lopez's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.2787918740473344'}^[25].
• 4657 Lopez's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.47'}^[26].
• 4657 Lopez's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1993.642219657823'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4657 Lopez's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Álvaro López-García is named after 4657 Lopez^[6].

Why It Matters

4657 Lopez ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]