4692 SIMBAD

Summary

4692 SIMBAD is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4692 SIMBAD is credited with the discovery of Brian A. Skiff^[3].
• 4692 SIMBAD's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4692 SIMBAD's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Lowell Observatory^[5].
• SIMBAD is named after 4692 SIMBAD^[6].
• 4692 SIMBAD's follows is recorded as 4691 Toyen^[7].
• 4692 SIMBAD's followed by is recorded as 4693 Drummond^[8].
• 4692 SIMBAD's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4692 SIMBAD's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4692 SIMBAD's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 YP1^[11].
• 4692 SIMBAD's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 AX2^[12].
• 4692 SIMBAD's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 BZ^[13].
• 4692 SIMBAD's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 VM7^[14].
• 4692 SIMBAD's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 BT1^[15].
• 4692 SIMBAD's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1983-11-04T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 4692 SIMBAD's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yglgg^[17].
• 4692 SIMBAD's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004692^[18].
• 4692 SIMBAD's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 4692 SIMBAD's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[20].
• 4692 SIMBAD's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1486388'}^[21].
• 4692 SIMBAD's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1482229952255321'}^[22].
• 4692 SIMBAD's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[23].
• 4692 SIMBAD's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.58'}^[24].
• 4692 SIMBAD's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.70260'}^[25].
• 4692 SIMBAD's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.699666482298781'}^[26].
• 4692 SIMBAD's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.39'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4692 SIMBAD's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

SIMBAD is named after 4692 SIMBAD^[6].

Why It Matters

4692 SIMBAD ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]