4796 Lewis

Summary

4796 Lewis is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4796 Lewis is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 4796 Lewis's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4796 Lewis's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• 4796 Lewis's follows is recorded as 4795 Kihara^[6].
• 4796 Lewis's followed by is recorded as Q154660^[7].
• 4796 Lewis's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 4796 Lewis's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 4796 Lewis's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 HJ1^[10].
• 4796 Lewis's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 OH^[11].
• 4796 Lewis's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 TU12^[12].
• 4796 Lewis's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 LU^[13].
• 4796 Lewis's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-06-03T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 4796 Lewis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y744q^[15].
• 4796 Lewis's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004796^[16].
• 4796 Lewis's asteroid spectral type is recorded as V-type asteroid^[17].
• 4796 Lewis's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 4796 Lewis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[19].
• 4796 Lewis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1794095'}^[20].
• 4796 Lewis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1798306003501116'}^[21].
• 4796 Lewis's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.6'}^[22].
• 4796 Lewis's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.69'}^[23].
• 4796 Lewis's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.27391'}^[24].
• 4796 Lewis's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.273358521368723'}^[25].
• 4796 Lewis's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.61'}^[26].
• 4796 Lewis's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1320.149784173127'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4796 Lewis's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

4796 Lewis ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]