4897 Tomhamilton

Summary

4897 Tomhamilton is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4897 Tomhamilton is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's follows is recorded as 4896 Tomoegozen^[6].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's followed by is recorded as 4898 Nishiizumi^[7].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 QV1^[10].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 SB1^[11].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 QD6^[12].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 BN1^[13].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-08-22T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/080lp67^[15].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004897^[16].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[18].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1220654'}^[19].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1202436526622775'}^[20].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.0'}^[21].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.28'}^[22].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.05632'}^[23].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.05613061706117'}^[24].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.34'}^[25].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1951.888741456439'}^[26].
• 4897 Tomhamilton's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+188.41644'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4897 Tomhamilton's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

4897 Tomhamilton ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]