4668 Rayjay

Summary

4668 Rayjay is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4668 Rayjay is credited with the discovery of Henri Debehogne^[3].
• 4668 Rayjay's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4668 Rayjay's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Ray Jayawardhana is named after 4668 Rayjay^[6].
• 4668 Rayjay's follows is recorded as 4667 Robbiesh^[7].
• 4668 Rayjay's followed by is recorded as 4669 Høder^[8].
• 4668 Rayjay's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4668 Rayjay's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4668 Rayjay's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 DX5^[11].
• 4668 Rayjay's provisional designation is recorded as 1954 YE^[12].
• 4668 Rayjay's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 SN2^[13].
• 4668 Rayjay's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 QZ7^[14].
• 4668 Rayjay's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 SK1^[15].
• 4668 Rayjay's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 VP5^[16].
• 4668 Rayjay's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-02-21T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 4668 Rayjay's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bbyzqd^[18].
• 4668 Rayjay's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004668^[19].
• 4668 Rayjay's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 4668 Rayjay's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[21].
• 4668 Rayjay's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1223703'}^[22].
• 4668 Rayjay's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1184059178787351'}^[23].
• 4668 Rayjay's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.1'}^[24].
• 4668 Rayjay's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.37'}^[25].
• 4668 Rayjay's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.23262'}^[26].
• 4668 Rayjay's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.224837912047159'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4668 Rayjay's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Ray Jayawardhana is named after 4668 Rayjay^[6].

Why It Matters

4668 Rayjay ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]