4922 Leshin

Summary

4922 Leshin is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4922 Leshin is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 4922 Leshin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4922 Leshin's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• Laurie Leshin is named after 4922 Leshin^[6].
• 4922 Leshin's follows is recorded as 4921 Volonté^[7].
• 4922 Leshin's followed by is recorded as Q154848^[8].
• 4922 Leshin's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4922 Leshin's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4922 Leshin's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 EH4^[11].
• 4922 Leshin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-02T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 4922 Leshin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/043ndvs^[13].
• 4922 Leshin's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004922^[14].
• 4922 Leshin's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 4922 Leshin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.23'}^[16].
• 4922 Leshin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2305963'}^[17].
• 4922 Leshin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2291648560065838'}^[18].
• 4922 Leshin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[19].
• 4922 Leshin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.79'}^[20].
• 4922 Leshin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.16744'}^[21].
• 4922 Leshin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.163605973198873'}^[22].
• 4922 Leshin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.24'}^[23].
• 4922 Leshin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1551.194152276724'}^[24].
• 4922 Leshin's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+37.445'}^[25].
• 4922 Leshin's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+229.55935'}^[26].
• 4922 Leshin's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+229.4712007018659'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4922 Leshin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Laurie Leshin is named after 4922 Leshin^[6].

Why It Matters

4922 Leshin 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.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]