4939 Scovil

Summary

4939 Scovil is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4939 Scovil is credited with the discovery of Henri Debehogne^[3].
• 4939 Scovil's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4939 Scovil's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[5].
• 4939 Scovil's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• 4939 Scovil's follows is recorded as 4938 Papadopoulos^[7].
• 4939 Scovil's followed by is recorded as 4940 Polenov^[8].
• 4939 Scovil's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4939 Scovil's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4939 Scovil's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 BZ^[11].
• 4939 Scovil's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 QL1^[12].
• 4939 Scovil's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1986-08-27T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 4939 Scovil's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09v83ch^[14].
• 4939 Scovil's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004939^[15].
• 4939 Scovil's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 4939 Scovil's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[17].
• 4939 Scovil's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1560697'}^[18].
• 4939 Scovil's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1540521715491573'}^[19].
• 4939 Scovil's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.3'}^[20].
• 4939 Scovil's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.51'}^[21].
• 4939 Scovil's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.37917'}^[22].
• 4939 Scovil's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.374073108208758'}^[23].
• 4939 Scovil's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.02'}^[24].
• 4939 Scovil's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1470.10143247801'}^[25].
• 4939 Scovil's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+5.23861'}^[26].
• 4939 Scovil's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.71884'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4939 Scovil's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

4939 Scovil ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]