4918 Rostropovich

Summary

4918 Rostropovich is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 4918 Rostropovich is credited with the discovery of Lyudmila Chernykh^[3].
• 4918 Rostropovich's image is recorded as 004918-asteroid shape model (4918) Rostropovich.png^[4].
• 4918 Rostropovich's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 4918 Rostropovich's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[6].
• Mstislav Rostropovich is named after 4918 Rostropovich^[7].
• 4918 Rostropovich's follows is recorded as 4917 Yurilvovia^[8].
• 4918 Rostropovich's followed by is recorded as 4919 Vishnevskaya^[9].
• 4918 Rostropovich's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 4918 Rostropovich's Commons category is recorded as 4918 Rostropovich^[11].
• 4918 Rostropovich's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 4918 Rostropovich's provisional designation is recorded as 1974 QU1^[13].
• 4918 Rostropovich's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 YC^[14].
• 4918 Rostropovich's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1974-08-24T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 4918 Rostropovich's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y86x5^[16].
• 4918 Rostropovich's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004918^[17].
• 4918 Rostropovich's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 4918 Rostropovich's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.23'}^[19].
• 4918 Rostropovich's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2338613'}^[20].
• 4918 Rostropovich's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2317883327943948'}^[21].
• 4918 Rostropovich's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[22].
• 4918 Rostropovich's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.72'}^[23].
• 4918 Rostropovich's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.77004'}^[24].
• 4918 Rostropovich's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.770686977300351'}^[25].
• 4918 Rostropovich's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.28'}^[26].
• 4918 Rostropovich's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1567.493571021181'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4918 Rostropovich's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Mstislav Rostropovich is named after 4918 Rostropovich^[7].

Why It Matters

4918 Rostropovich has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]