4888 Doreen

Summary

4888 Doreen is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4888 Doreen is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 4888 Doreen's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4888 Doreen's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• female given name is named after 4888 Doreen^[6].
• sister-in-law is named after 4888 Doreen^[7].
• 4888 Doreen's follows is recorded as 4887 Takihiroi^[8].
• 4888 Doreen's followed by is recorded as 4889 Praetorius^[9].
• 4888 Doreen's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 4888 Doreen's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 4888 Doreen's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 JX1^[12].
• 4888 Doreen's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 WP^[13].
• 4888 Doreen's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 GS2^[14].
• 4888 Doreen's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-05-05T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 4888 Doreen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1gtx^[16].
• 4888 Doreen's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004888^[17].
• 4888 Doreen's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 4888 Doreen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.02'}^[19].
• 4888 Doreen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0166062'}^[20].
• 4888 Doreen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.01812920413772555'}^[21].
• 4888 Doreen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.8'}^[22].
• 4888 Doreen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.95'}^[23].
• 4888 Doreen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.05516'}^[24].
• 4888 Doreen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.056154472254166'}^[25].
• 4888 Doreen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.6'}^[26].
• 4888 Doreen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1315.69884445639'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4888 Doreen's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Things named after include female given name^[6] and sister-in-law^[7], an affinity^[28].

Why It Matters

4888 Doreen 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.^[29] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]