4854 Edscott

Summary

4854 Edscott is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4854 Edscott is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 4854 Edscott's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4854 Edscott's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• 4854 Edscott's follows is recorded as 4853 Marielukac^[6].
• 4854 Edscott's followed by is recorded as 4855 Tenpyou^[7].
• 4854 Edscott's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 4854 Edscott's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 4854 Edscott's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 GX6^[10].
• 4854 Edscott's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 ED27^[11].
• 4854 Edscott's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-02T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 4854 Edscott's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1jf8^[13].
• 4854 Edscott's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004854^[14].
• 4854 Edscott's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 4854 Edscott's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}^[16].
• 4854 Edscott's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0628835'}^[17].
• 4854 Edscott's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06067201793553368'}^[18].
• 4854 Edscott's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.9'}^[19].
• 4854 Edscott's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[20].
• 4854 Edscott's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.67997'}^[21].
• 4854 Edscott's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.6779564522997'}^[22].
• 4854 Edscott's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.15'}^[23].
• 4854 Edscott's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1881.464960705829'}^[24].
• 4854 Edscott's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+174.53789'}^[25].
• 4854 Edscott's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+174.4913282072211'}^[26].
• 4854 Edscott's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.9812163'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4854 Edscott's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

4854 Edscott ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]