4798 Mercator

Summary

4798 Mercator is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 4798 Mercator is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 4798 Mercator's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4798 Mercator's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Gerardus Mercator is named after 4798 Mercator^[6].
• 4798 Mercator's follows is recorded as Q154660^[7].
• 4798 Mercator's followed by is recorded as Q154665^[8].
• 4798 Mercator's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4798 Mercator's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4798 Mercator's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 GH^[11].
• 4798 Mercator's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 JO1^[12].
• 4798 Mercator's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 WN8^[13].
• 4798 Mercator's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 SU1^[14].
• 4798 Mercator's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-09-26T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 4798 Mercator's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7fnd^[16].
• 4798 Mercator's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004798^[17].
• 4798 Mercator's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 4798 Mercator's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.11'}^[19].
• 4798 Mercator's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1094456'}^[20].
• 4798 Mercator's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1102096968609766'}^[21].
• 4798 Mercator's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.5'}^[22].
• 4798 Mercator's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.61'}^[23].
• 4798 Mercator's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.65916'}^[24].
• 4798 Mercator's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.658700317543461'}^[25].
• 4798 Mercator's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.26'}^[26].
• 4798 Mercator's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1189.428161825079'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

4798 Mercator is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].

Why It Matters

4798 Mercator has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]