4954 Eric

Summary

4954 Eric is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4954 Eric is credited with the discovery of Brian P. Roman^[3].
• 4954 Eric's image is recorded as 004954-asteroid shape model (4954) Eric.png^[4].
• 4954 Eric's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 4954 Eric's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 4954 Eric's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• 4954 Eric's follows is recorded as (4953) 1990 MU^[8].
• 4954 Eric's followed by is recorded as 4955 Gold^[9].
• 4954 Eric's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[10].
• 4954 Eric's Commons category is recorded as 4954 Eric^[11].
• 4954 Eric's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 4954 Eric's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 SQ^[13].
• 4954 Eric's orbit diagram is recorded as Eric June 18 2013.gif^[14].
• 4954 Eric's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-09-23T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 4954 Eric's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qqfh8^[16].
• 4954 Eric's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004954^[17].
• 4954 Eric's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[18].
• 4954 Eric's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 4954 Eric's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.448737'}^[20].
• 4954 Eric's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4494349'}^[21].
• 4954 Eric's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4493641196894135'}^[22].
• 4954 Eric's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.6'}^[23].
• 4954 Eric's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.5'}^[24].
• 4954 Eric's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.56'}^[25].
• 4954 Eric's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.42802'}^[26].
• 4954 Eric's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.42719434971719'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[5] and near-Earth object^[6].

Why It Matters

4954 Eric ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]