4836 Medon

Summary

4836 Medon is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4836 Medon is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 4836 Medon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4836 Medon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Medon is named after 4836 Medon^[6].
• 4836 Medon's follows is recorded as Q154734^[7].
• 4836 Medon's followed by is recorded as Q154740^[8].
• 4836 Medon's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[9].
• 4836 Medon's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[10].
• 4836 Medon's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 4836 Medon's Commons category is recorded as 4836 Medon^[12].
• 4836 Medon's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 4836 Medon's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 XM^[14].
• 4836 Medon's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 CK1^[15].
• 4836 Medon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-02-02T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 4836 Medon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7f0g^[17].
• 4836 Medon's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004836^[18].
• 4836 Medon's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 4836 Medon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.109'}^[20].
• 4836 Medon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1078272'}^[21].
• 4836 Medon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1098027267748057'}^[22].
• 4836 Medon's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[23].
• 4836 Medon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.5'}^[24].
• 4836 Medon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.55'}^[25].
• 4836 Medon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.39808'}^[26].
• 4836 Medon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.390968804526'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4836 Medon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Medon is named after 4836 Medon^[6].

Why It Matters

4836 Medon ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]