4957 Brucemurray

Summary

4957 Brucemurray is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4957 Brucemurray is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 4957 Brucemurray's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4957 Brucemurray's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 4957 Brucemurray's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• Bruce C. Murray is named after 4957 Brucemurray^[7].
• 4957 Brucemurray's follows is recorded as Q1043872^[8].
• 4957 Brucemurray's followed by is recorded as 4958 Wellnitz^[9].
• 4957 Brucemurray's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[10].
• 4957 Brucemurray's Commons category is recorded as 4957 Brucemurray^[11].
• 4957 Brucemurray's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 4957 Brucemurray's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 XJ^[13].
• 4957 Brucemurray's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-12-15T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 4957 Brucemurray's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y137l^[15].
• 4957 Brucemurray's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004957^[16].
• 4957 Brucemurray's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[17].
• 4957 Brucemurray's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 4957 Brucemurray's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2189'}^[19].
• 4957 Brucemurray's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2189360'}^[20].
• 4957 Brucemurray's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2187856541292668'}^[21].
• 4957 Brucemurray's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.9'}^[22].
• 4957 Brucemurray's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.05'}^[23].
• 4957 Brucemurray's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+35.01197'}^[24].
• 4957 Brucemurray's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+35.01186650795925'}^[25].
• 4957 Brucemurray's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+1.96'}^[26].
• 4957 Brucemurray's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+715.4177654797488'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

Bruce C. Murray is named after 4957 Brucemurray^[7].

Why It Matters

4957 Brucemurray ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 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]