4685 Karetnikov

Summary

4685 Karetnikov is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4685 Karetnikov is credited with the discovery of Nikolai Chernykh^[3].
• 4685 Karetnikov's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4685 Karetnikov's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• Valentin Karetnikov is named after 4685 Karetnikov^[6].
• 4685 Karetnikov's follows is recorded as 4684 Bendjoya^[7].
• 4685 Karetnikov's followed by is recorded as 4686 Maisica^[8].
• 4685 Karetnikov's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4685 Karetnikov's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4685 Karetnikov's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 SP6^[11].
• 4685 Karetnikov's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 TX2^[12].
• 4685 Karetnikov's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 ES5^[13].
• 4685 Karetnikov's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-09-27T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 4685 Karetnikov's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y5fj9^[15].
• 4685 Karetnikov's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004685^[16].
• 4685 Karetnikov's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 4685 Karetnikov's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[18].
• 4685 Karetnikov's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1798716'}^[19].
• 4685 Karetnikov's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1802624367993984'}^[20].
• 4685 Karetnikov's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.3'}^[21].
• 4685 Karetnikov's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.44'}^[22].
• 4685 Karetnikov's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.62214'}^[23].
• 4685 Karetnikov's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.619779693974261'}^[24].
• 4685 Karetnikov's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.65'}^[25].
• 4685 Karetnikov's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2059.853461227385'}^[26].
• 4685 Karetnikov's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+47.88031'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4685 Karetnikov's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Valentin Karetnikov is named after 4685 Karetnikov^[6].

Why It Matters

4685 Karetnikov 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 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]