4964 Kourovka

Summary

4964 Kourovka is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4964 Kourovka is credited with the discovery of Nikolai Chernykh^[3].
• 4964 Kourovka's image is recorded as 004964-asteroid shape model (4964) Kourovka.png^[4].
• 4964 Kourovka's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 4964 Kourovka's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[6].
• Kourovskaya observatory is named after 4964 Kourovka^[7].
• 4964 Kourovka's follows is recorded as 4963 Kanroku^[8].
• 4964 Kourovka's followed by is recorded as 4965 Takeda^[9].
• 4964 Kourovka's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 4964 Kourovka's Commons category is recorded as 4964 Kourovka^[11].
• 4964 Kourovka's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 4964 Kourovka's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 OD15^[13].
• 4964 Kourovka's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 RY6^[14].
• 4964 Kourovka's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1979-07-21T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 4964 Kourovka's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y6284^[16].
• 4964 Kourovka's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004964^[17].
• 4964 Kourovka's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 4964 Kourovka's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[19].
• 4964 Kourovka's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1242911'}^[20].
• 4964 Kourovka's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1242832075265583'}^[21].
• 4964 Kourovka's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.6'}^[22].
• 4964 Kourovka's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.65'}^[23].
• 4964 Kourovka's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.91817'}^[24].
• 4964 Kourovka's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.920112637715285'}^[25].
• 4964 Kourovka's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.4'}^[26].
• 4964 Kourovka's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1242.494785537723'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4964 Kourovka's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Kourovskaya observatory is named after 4964 Kourovka^[7].

Why It Matters

4964 Kourovka ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]