4947 Ninkasi

Summary

4947 Ninkasi is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4947 Ninkasi is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 4947 Ninkasi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4947 Ninkasi's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 4947 Ninkasi's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• Ninkasi is named after 4947 Ninkasi^[7].
• 4947 Ninkasi's follows is recorded as 4946 Askalaphus^[8].
• 4947 Ninkasi's followed by is recorded as 4948 Hideonishimura^[9].
• 4947 Ninkasi's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[10].
• 4947 Ninkasi's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 4947 Ninkasi's Commons category is recorded as 4947 Ninkasi^[12].
• 4947 Ninkasi's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 4947 Ninkasi's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 TJ1^[14].
• 4947 Ninkasi's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-10-12T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 4947 Ninkasi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7p7j^[16].
• 4947 Ninkasi's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004947^[17].
• 4947 Ninkasi's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[18].
• 4947 Ninkasi's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 4947 Ninkasi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1684'}^[20].
• 4947 Ninkasi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1684850'}^[21].
• 4947 Ninkasi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1684400403449577'}^[22].
• 4947 Ninkasi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.0'}^[23].
• 4947 Ninkasi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+18.09'}^[24].
• 4947 Ninkasi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.65257'}^[25].
• 4947 Ninkasi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+15.65179475182887'}^[26].
• 4947 Ninkasi's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+1.6'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4] and near-Earth object^[5].

History and Context

Ninkasi is named after 4947 Ninkasi^[7].

Why It Matters

4947 Ninkasi ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]