4659 Roddenberry

Summary

4659 Roddenberry is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4659 Roddenberry is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 4659 Roddenberry's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4659 Roddenberry's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• Gene Roddenberry is named after 4659 Roddenberry^[6].
• 4659 Roddenberry's follows is recorded as 4658 Gavrilov^[7].
• 4659 Roddenberry's followed by is recorded as 4660 Nereus^[8].
• 4659 Roddenberry's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4659 Roddenberry's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4659 Roddenberry's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 SY7^[11].
• 4659 Roddenberry's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 TO1^[12].
• 4659 Roddenberry's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 EP20^[13].
• 4659 Roddenberry's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-02T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 4659 Roddenberry's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/035km0^[15].
• 4659 Roddenberry's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004659^[16].
• 4659 Roddenberry's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 4659 Roddenberry's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.22'}^[18].
• 4659 Roddenberry's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2237313'}^[19].
• 4659 Roddenberry's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2237498305494642'}^[20].
• 4659 Roddenberry's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}^[21].
• 4659 Roddenberry's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.49'}^[22].
• 4659 Roddenberry's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.46680'}^[23].
• 4659 Roddenberry's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.461548814503822'}^[24].
• 4659 Roddenberry's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.65'}^[25].
• 4659 Roddenberry's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1332.681331843138'}^[26].
• 4659 Roddenberry's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+12.0'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4659 Roddenberry's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Gene Roddenberry is named after 4659 Roddenberry^[6].

Why It Matters

4659 Roddenberry ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]