4678 Ninian

Summary

4678 Ninian is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4678 Ninian is credited with the discovery of Robert H. McNaught^[3].
• 4678 Ninian's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4678 Ninian's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• 4678 Ninian's follows is recorded as Q1045442^[6].
• 4678 Ninian's followed by is recorded as 4679 Sybil^[7].
• 4678 Ninian's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 4678 Ninian's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 4678 Ninian's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 SN3^[10].
• 4678 Ninian's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 TE13^[11].
• 4678 Ninian's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 ED7^[12].
• 4678 Ninian's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 SS4^[13].
• 4678 Ninian's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-09-24T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 4678 Ninian's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7p6h^[15].
• 4678 Ninian's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004678^[16].
• 4678 Ninian's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[17].
• 4678 Ninian's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 4678 Ninian's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.21'}^[19].
• 4678 Ninian's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2142569'}^[20].
• 4678 Ninian's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2142721963120603'}^[21].
• 4678 Ninian's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.6'}^[22].
• 4678 Ninian's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.89'}^[23].
• 4678 Ninian's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.74211'}^[24].
• 4678 Ninian's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.740274460097164'}^[25].
• 4678 Ninian's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.41'}^[26].
• 4678 Ninian's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1245.561022060715'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4678 Ninian's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

4678 Ninian ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]