4869 Piotrovsky

Summary

4869 Piotrovsky is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4869 Piotrovsky is credited with the discovery of Lyudmila Chernykh^[3].
• 4869 Piotrovsky is credited with the discovery of Nikolai Chernykh^[4].
• 4869 Piotrovsky's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 4869 Piotrovsky's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[6].
• Boris Piotrovsky is named after 4869 Piotrovsky^[7].
• Mikhail Piotrovsky is named after 4869 Piotrovsky^[8].
• 4869 Piotrovsky's follows is recorded as 4868 Knushevia^[9].
• 4869 Piotrovsky's followed by is recorded as 4870 Shcherbanʹ^[10].
• 4869 Piotrovsky's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 4869 Piotrovsky's Commons category is recorded as 4869 Piotrovsky^[12].
• 4869 Piotrovsky's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 4869 Piotrovsky's provisional designation is recorded as 1935 ME^[14].
• 4869 Piotrovsky's provisional designation is recorded as 1955 KP^[15].
• 4869 Piotrovsky's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 EM3^[16].
• 4869 Piotrovsky's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 BM^[17].
• 4869 Piotrovsky's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 GC^[18].
• 4869 Piotrovsky's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 UE8^[19].
• 4869 Piotrovsky's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 VS^[20].
• 4869 Piotrovsky's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-10-26T00:00:00Z^[21].
• 4869 Piotrovsky's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7_w0^[22].
• 4869 Piotrovsky's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004869^[23].
• 4869 Piotrovsky's significant event is recorded as naming^[24].
• 4869 Piotrovsky's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[25].
• 4869 Piotrovsky's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1743630'}^[26].
• 4869 Piotrovsky's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1744687396865638'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4869 Piotrovsky's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Things named after include Boris Piotrovsky^[7], an anthropologist^[28], 1908–1990^[29], of Russian Empire^[30], awarded the Stalin Prize^[31], specialised in archaeology^[32] and Mikhail Piotrovsky^[8], an archaeologist^[33], b. 1944^[34], of Soviet Union^[35], awarded the Order of Honour^[36], specialised in Near East^[37].

Why It Matters

4869 Piotrovsky ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]