4708 Polydoros

Summary

4708 Polydoros is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4708 Polydoros is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 4708 Polydoros's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4708 Polydoros's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Polydorus is named after 4708 Polydoros^[6].
• 4708 Polydoros's follows is recorded as Q154579^[7].
• 4708 Polydoros's followed by is recorded as 4709 Ennomos^[8].
• 4708 Polydoros's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[9].
• 4708 Polydoros's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid^[10].
• 4708 Polydoros's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 4708 Polydoros's Commons category is recorded as 4708 Polydoros^[12].
• 4708 Polydoros's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 4708 Polydoros's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 RT^[14].
• 4708 Polydoros's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-09-11T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 4708 Polydoros's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y80rk^[16].
• 4708 Polydoros's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004708^[17].
• 4708 Polydoros's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 4708 Polydoros's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}^[19].
• 4708 Polydoros's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0590363'}^[20].
• 4708 Polydoros's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06037054735176058'}^[21].
• 4708 Polydoros's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun^[22].
• 4708 Polydoros's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.9'}^[23].
• 4708 Polydoros's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.05'}^[24].
• 4708 Polydoros's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.98569'}^[25].
• 4708 Polydoros's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.991632577552569'}^[26].
• 4708 Polydoros's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+12.05'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4708 Polydoros's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Polydorus is named after 4708 Polydoros^[6].

Why It Matters

4708 Polydoros ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]