4763 Ride

Summary

4763 Ride is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 4763 Ride is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell^[3].
• 4763 Ride's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4763 Ride's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Lowell Observatory^[5].
• Sally Ride is named after 4763 Ride^[6].
• 4763 Ride's follows is recorded as 4762 Dobrynya^[7].
• 4763 Ride's followed by is recorded as 4764 Joneberhart^[8].
• 4763 Ride's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4763 Ride's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4763 Ride's provisional designation is recorded as 1972 TS5^[11].
• 4763 Ride's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 BM^[12].
• 4763 Ride's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 QA^[13].
• 4763 Ride's provisional designation is recorded as A918 EM^[14].
• 4763 Ride's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1983-01-22T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 4763 Ride's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y850c^[16].
• 4763 Ride's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004763^[17].
• 4763 Ride's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 4763 Ride's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.10'}^[19].
• 4763 Ride's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1007562'}^[20].
• 4763 Ride's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1003690525908875'}^[21].
• 4763 Ride's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.2'}^[22].
• 4763 Ride's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.43'}^[23].
• 4763 Ride's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.39918'}^[24].
• 4763 Ride's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.40211075844594'}^[25].
• 4763 Ride's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.33'}^[26].
• 4763 Ride's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1584.603023597902'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4763 Ride's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Sally Ride is named after 4763 Ride^[6].

Why It Matters

4763 Ride has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]