4794 Bogard

Summary

4794 Bogard is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4794 Bogard is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 4794 Bogard's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4794 Bogard's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory^[5].
• Donald D. Bogard is named after 4794 Bogard^[6].
• 4794 Bogard's follows is recorded as Q708988^[7].
• 4794 Bogard's followed by is recorded as 4795 Kihara^[8].
• 4794 Bogard's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4794 Bogard's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4794 Bogard's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 EY1^[11].
• 4794 Bogard's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 BR^[12].
• 4794 Bogard's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 VH^[13].
• 4794 Bogard's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 SO2^[14].
• 4794 Bogard's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-09-16T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 4794 Bogard's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y10n1^[16].
• 4794 Bogard's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004794^[17].
• 4794 Bogard's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 4794 Bogard's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[19].
• 4794 Bogard's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1161887'}^[20].
• 4794 Bogard's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.115072356128003'}^[21].
• 4794 Bogard's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[22].
• 4794 Bogard's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.88'}^[23].
• 4794 Bogard's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.40257'}^[24].
• 4794 Bogard's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.401670576726286'}^[25].
• 4794 Bogard's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.43'}^[26].
• 4794 Bogard's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1251.143179971218'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4794 Bogard's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Donald D. Bogard is named after 4794 Bogard^[6].

Why It Matters

4794 Bogard ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]