4694 Festou

Summary

4694 Festou is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4694 Festou is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell^[3].
• 4694 Festou's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4694 Festou's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Lowell Observatory^[5].
• Michel C. Festou is named after 4694 Festou^[6].
• 4694 Festou's follows is recorded as 4693 Drummond^[7].
• 4694 Festou's followed by is recorded as 4695 Mediolanum^[8].
• 4694 Festou's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4694 Festou's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4694 Festou's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 SP7^[11].
• 4694 Festou's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 WD5^[12].
• 4694 Festou's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 PM^[13].
• 4694 Festou's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1985-08-14T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 4694 Festou's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y24fk^[15].
• 4694 Festou's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004694^[16].
• 4694 Festou's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 4694 Festou's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1908439517284025'}^[18].
• 4694 Festou's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.99'}^[19].
• 4694 Festou's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.675220530103564'}^[20].
• 4694 Festou's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.48'}^[21].
• 4694 Festou's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1637.812060011949'}^[22].
• 4694 Festou's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+332.2977458612322'}^[23].
• 4694 Festou's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.719216322880801'}^[24].
• 4694 Festou's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.238162311543749'}^[25].
• 4694 Festou's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.200270334217854'}^[26].
• 4694 Festou's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+339.3087689968262'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4694 Festou's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Michel C. Festou is named after 4694 Festou^[6].

Why It Matters

4694 Festou ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]