4867 Polites

Summary

4867 Polites is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4867 Polites is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 4867 Polites's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4867 Polites's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Polites is named after 4867 Polites^[6].
• 4867 Polites's follows is recorded as 4866 Badillo^[7].
• 4867 Polites's followed by is recorded as 4868 Knushevia^[8].
• 4867 Polites's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[9].
• 4867 Polites's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid^[10].
• 4867 Polites's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 4867 Polites's Commons category is recorded as 4867 Polites^[12].
• 4867 Polites's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 4867 Polites's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 RN1^[14].
• 4867 Polites's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 SZ^[15].
• 4867 Polites's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-09-27T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 4867 Polites's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y80ng^[17].
• 4867 Polites's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004867^[18].
• 4867 Polites's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 4867 Polites's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.017'}^[20].
• 4867 Polites's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0176073'}^[21].
• 4867 Polites's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.01827341769974404'}^[22].
• 4867 Polites's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun^[23].
• 4867 Polites's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.8'}^[24].
• 4867 Polites's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.93'}^[25].
• 4867 Polites's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+27.16437'}^[26].
• 4867 Polites's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+27.15262426914365'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4867 Polites's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Polites is named after 4867 Polites^[6].

Why It Matters

4867 Polites ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]