4995 Griffin

Summary

4995 Griffin is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4995 Griffin is credited with the discovery of Steven Roger Swanson^[3].
• 4995 Griffin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4995 Griffin's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• 4995 Griffin's follows is recorded as 4994 Kisala^[6].
• 4995 Griffin's followed by is recorded as 4996 Veisberg^[7].
• 4995 Griffin's minor planet group is recorded as Mars-crossing asteroid^[8].
• 4995 Griffin's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 4995 Griffin's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 BV^[10].
• 4995 Griffin's provisional designation is recorded as 1984 QR^[11].
• 4995 Griffin's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 CY^[12].
• 4995 Griffin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1984-08-28T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 4995 Griffin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0464v9l^[14].
• 4995 Griffin's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004995^[15].
• 4995 Griffin's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[16].
• 4995 Griffin's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 4995 Griffin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.31'}^[18].
• 4995 Griffin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3124690'}^[19].
• 4995 Griffin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.312053856950718'}^[20].
• 4995 Griffin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[21].
• 4995 Griffin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+20.59202'}^[22].
• 4995 Griffin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+20.60808342077346'}^[23].
• 4995 Griffin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.58'}^[24].
• 4995 Griffin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1307.773869784017'}^[25].
• 4995 Griffin's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+26.355'}^[26].
• 4995 Griffin's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+322.14451'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4995 Griffin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

4995 Griffin 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 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]