4966 Edolsen

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4966 Edolsen

Summary

4966 Edolsen is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 4966 Edolsen is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus[3].
  • 4966 Edolsen's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 4966 Edolsen's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory[5].
  • 4966 Edolsen's follows is recorded as 4965 Takeda[6].
  • 4966 Edolsen's followed by is recorded as 4967 Glia[7].
  • 4966 Edolsen's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[8].
  • 4966 Edolsen's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • 4966 Edolsen's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 EO34[10].
  • 4966 Edolsen's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 SO1[11].
  • 4966 Edolsen's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-02T00:00:00Z[12].
  • 4966 Edolsen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1jd7[13].
  • 4966 Edolsen's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004966[14].
  • 4966 Edolsen's significant event is recorded as naming[15].
  • 4966 Edolsen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.21'}[16].
  • 4966 Edolsen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2123399'}[17].
  • 4966 Edolsen's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2113121199645471'}[18].
  • 4966 Edolsen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}[19].
  • 4966 Edolsen's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.84'}[20].
  • 4966 Edolsen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.94706'}[21].
  • 4966 Edolsen's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.949187506868803'}[22].
  • 4966 Edolsen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.27'}[23].
  • 4966 Edolsen's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1561.123042555895'}[24].
  • 4966 Edolsen's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+175.92864'}[25].
  • 4966 Edolsen's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+175.8844164492888'}[26].
  • 4966 Edolsen's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.6321635'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4966 Edolsen's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Why It Matters

4966 Edolsen has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . JPL Small-Body Database. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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