4837 Bickerton

Summary

4837 Bickerton is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 4837 Bickerton is credited with the discovery of Alan Gilmore^[3].
• 4837 Bickerton is credited with the discovery of Pamela Kilmartin^[4].
• 4837 Bickerton's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 4837 Bickerton's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Lake Tekapo^[6].
• Alexander William Bickerton is named after 4837 Bickerton^[7].
• 4837 Bickerton's follows is recorded as 4836 Medon^[8].
• 4837 Bickerton's followed by is recorded as 4838 Billmclaughlin^[9].
• 4837 Bickerton's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 4837 Bickerton's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 4837 Bickerton's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 QM^[12].
• 4837 Bickerton's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 ME^[13].
• 4837 Bickerton's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-06-30T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 4837 Bickerton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0_b3^[15].
• 4837 Bickerton's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004837^[16].
• 4837 Bickerton's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 4837 Bickerton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.13'}^[18].
• 4837 Bickerton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1370985'}^[19].
• 4837 Bickerton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1387099696009687'}^[20].
• 4837 Bickerton's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.7'}^[21].
• 4837 Bickerton's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.92'}^[22].
• 4837 Bickerton's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+28.19994'}^[23].
• 4837 Bickerton's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+28.20925044924722'}^[24].
• 4837 Bickerton's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.72'}^[25].
• 4837 Bickerton's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2087.304751359393'}^[26].
• 4837 Bickerton's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+327.11498'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Alan Gilmore^[3], an astronomer^[28], b. 1944^[29], of New Zealand^[30], awarded the Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit^[31] and Pamela Kilmartin^[4], an astronomer^[32], b. 2000^[33], of New Zealand^[34], awarded the Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit^[35], specialised in astronomy^[36].

Why It Matters

4837 Bickerton has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]