4673 Bortle

Summary

4673 Bortle is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4673 Bortle is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 4673 Bortle's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4673 Bortle's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• John E. Bortle is named after 4673 Bortle^[6].
• 4673 Bortle's follows is recorded as 4672 Takuboku^[7].
• 4673 Bortle's followed by is recorded as Q906627^[8].
• 4673 Bortle's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4673 Bortle's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4673 Bortle's provisional designation is recorded as 1959 CX^[11].
• 4673 Bortle's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 LF^[12].
• 4673 Bortle's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 PE^[13].
• 4673 Bortle's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 LF^[14].
• 4673 Bortle's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-06-08T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 4673 Bortle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y11dt^[16].
• 4673 Bortle's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004673^[17].
• 4673 Bortle's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 4673 Bortle's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}^[19].
• 4673 Bortle's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0568696'}^[20].
• 4673 Bortle's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05484559059879444'}^[21].
• 4673 Bortle's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.8'}^[22].
• 4673 Bortle's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.81'}^[23].
• 4673 Bortle's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.20174'}^[24].
• 4673 Bortle's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+16.19580711597417'}^[25].
• 4673 Bortle's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.07'}^[26].
• 4673 Bortle's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1488.498006759637'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4673 Bortle's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

John E. Bortle is named after 4673 Bortle^[6].

Why It Matters

4673 Bortle 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 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]