4970 Druyan

Summary

4970 Druyan is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4970 Druyan is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 4970 Druyan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4970 Druyan's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• Ann Druyan is named after 4970 Druyan^[6].
• 4970 Druyan's follows is recorded as Q154881^[7].
• 4970 Druyan's followed by is recorded as 4971 Hoshinohiroba^[8].
• 4970 Druyan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 4970 Druyan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 4970 Druyan's provisional designation is recorded as 1951 YB^[11].
• 4970 Druyan's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 VO2^[12].
• 4970 Druyan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-11-12T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 4970 Druyan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1hbx^[14].
• 4970 Druyan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004970^[15].
• 4970 Druyan's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 4970 Druyan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[17].
• 4970 Druyan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1455602'}^[18].
• 4970 Druyan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1440378346716965'}^[19].
• 4970 Druyan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.4'}^[20].
• 4970 Druyan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.62'}^[21].
• 4970 Druyan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.22967'}^[22].
• 4970 Druyan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.224246322954023'}^[23].
• 4970 Druyan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.71'}^[24].
• 4970 Druyan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1354.503914865586'}^[25].
• 4970 Druyan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+292.12959'}^[26].
• 4970 Druyan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+292.0755632901048'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4970 Druyan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Ann Druyan is named after 4970 Druyan^[6].

Why It Matters

4970 Druyan ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]