4684 Bendjoya

Summary

4684 Bendjoya is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4684 Bendjoya is credited with the discovery of Henri Debehogne^[3].
• 4684 Bendjoya's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4684 Bendjoya's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Philippe Bendjoya is named after 4684 Bendjoya^[6].
• 4684 Bendjoya's follows is recorded as 4683 Veratar^[7].
• 4684 Bendjoya's followed by is recorded as 4685 Karetnikov^[8].
• 4684 Bendjoya's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4684 Bendjoya's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4684 Bendjoya's provisional designation is recorded as 1952 HK3^[11].
• 4684 Bendjoya's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 GJ^[12].
• 4684 Bendjoya's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 JK3^[13].
• 4684 Bendjoya's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 JN3^[14].
• 4684 Bendjoya's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 MC^[15].
• 4684 Bendjoya's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 PE4^[16].
• 4684 Bendjoya's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 QF^[17].
• 4684 Bendjoya's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-04-10T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 4684 Bendjoya's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0z3z^[19].
• 4684 Bendjoya's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004684^[20].
• 4684 Bendjoya's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 4684 Bendjoya's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[22].
• 4684 Bendjoya's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1100020'}^[23].
• 4684 Bendjoya's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1092114748996411'}^[24].
• 4684 Bendjoya's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.3'}^[25].
• 4684 Bendjoya's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.25'}^[26].
• 4684 Bendjoya's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.27492'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4684 Bendjoya's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Philippe Bendjoya is named after 4684 Bendjoya^[6].

Why It Matters

4684 Bendjoya 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 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]