4899 Candace

Summary

4899 Candace is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4899 Candace is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 4899 Candace is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 4899 Candace's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 4899 Candace's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• 4899 Candace's follows is recorded as 4898 Nishiizumi^[7].
• 4899 Candace's followed by is recorded as 4900 Maymelou^[8].
• 4899 Candace's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4899 Candace's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4899 Candace's provisional designation is recorded as 1952 QL1^[11].
• 4899 Candace's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 EZ1^[12].
• 4899 Candace's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 FK1^[13].
• 4899 Candace's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 JU^[14].
• 4899 Candace's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-05-09T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 4899 Candace's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03nxlcq^[16].
• 4899 Candace's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004899^[17].
• 4899 Candace's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 4899 Candace's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.19'}^[19].
• 4899 Candace's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1852057'}^[20].
• 4899 Candace's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1865283895663569'}^[21].
• 4899 Candace's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.9'}^[22].
• 4899 Candace's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.93'}^[23].
• 4899 Candace's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+22.56016'}^[24].
• 4899 Candace's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+22.57062796914267'}^[25].
• 4899 Candace's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.65'}^[26].
• 4899 Candace's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1333.617652334233'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4899 Candace's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

4899 Candace 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.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]