4942 Munroe

Summary

4942 Munroe is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 4942 Munroe is credited with the discovery of Henri Debehogne^[3].
• 4942 Munroe's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4942 Munroe's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Randall Munroe is named after 4942 Munroe^[6].
• 4942 Munroe followed 4941 Yahagi^[7].
• 4942 Munroe was followed by 4943 Lac d'Orient^[8].
• 4942 Munroe's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4942 Munroe's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4942 Munroe's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 DU6^[11].
• 4942 Munroe's provisional designation is recorded as 1955 MS^[12].
• 4942 Munroe's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 GE^[13].
• 4942 Munroe's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 CB^[14].
• 4942 Munroe's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-02-24T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 4942 Munroe's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[16].
• 4942 Munroe's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 4942 Munroe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.14'}^[18].
• 4942 Munroe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1359550'}^[19].
• 4942 Munroe's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1355261613860812'}^[20].
• 4942 Munroe's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.5'}^[21].
• 4942 Munroe's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.68'}^[22].
• 4942 Munroe's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.83380'}^[23].
• 4942 Munroe's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.83288114741547'}^[24].
• 4942 Munroe's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.27'}^[25].
• 4942 Munroe's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1193.842458376303'}^[26].
• 4942 Munroe's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+278.08530'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

4942 Munroe's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Randall Munroe is named after 4942 Munroe^[6].

Why It Matters

4942 Munroe has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]