4666 Dietz

Summary

4666 Dietz is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4666 Dietz is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 4666 Dietz's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4666 Dietz's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Robert Sinclair Dietz is named after 4666 Dietz^[6].
• 4666 Dietz's follows is recorded as 4665 Muinonen^[7].
• 4666 Dietz's followed by is recorded as 4667 Robbiesh^[8].
• 4666 Dietz's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4666 Dietz's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Dietz symbol (fixed width).svg^[10].
• 4666 Dietz's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 4666 Dietz's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 JA1^[12].
• 4666 Dietz's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1986-05-04T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 4666 Dietz's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1fmr^[14].
• 4666 Dietz's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004666^[15].
• 4666 Dietz's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 4666 Dietz's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.23'}^[17].
• 4666 Dietz's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2334733'}^[18].
• 4666 Dietz's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2350218338603239'}^[19].
• 4666 Dietz's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.9'}^[20].
• 4666 Dietz's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[21].
• 4666 Dietz's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.49868'}^[22].
• 4666 Dietz's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.51478140841018'}^[23].
• 4666 Dietz's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.58'}^[24].
• 4666 Dietz's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1306.856075368137'}^[25].
• 4666 Dietz's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+2.95242'}^[26].
• 4666 Dietz's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+230.22446'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4666 Dietz's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Robert Sinclair Dietz is named after 4666 Dietz^[6].

Why It Matters

4666 Dietz ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]