5479 Grahamryder

Summary

5479 Grahamryder is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 5479 Grahamryder is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 5479 Grahamryder's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 5479 Grahamryder's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory^[5].
• Graham Ryder is named after 5479 Grahamryder^[6].
• 5479 Grahamryder's follows is recorded as 5478 Wartburg^[7].
• 5479 Grahamryder's followed by is recorded as (5480) 1989 YK8^[8].
• 5479 Grahamryder's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 5479 Grahamryder's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 5479 Grahamryder's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 VP4^[11].
• 5479 Grahamryder's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 UT5^[12].
• 5479 Grahamryder's provisional designation is recorded as 2165 P-L^[13].
• 5479 Grahamryder's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-10-30T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 5479 Grahamryder's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2z31^[15].
• 5479 Grahamryder's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20005479^[16].
• 5479 Grahamryder's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 5479 Grahamryder's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.22'}^[18].
• 5479 Grahamryder's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2174563'}^[19].
• 5479 Grahamryder's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2180693396429948'}^[20].
• 5479 Grahamryder's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.2'}^[21].
• 5479 Grahamryder's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.38'}^[22].
• 5479 Grahamryder's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.46520'}^[23].
• 5479 Grahamryder's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.47105892845721'}^[24].
• 5479 Grahamryder's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.14'}^[25].
• 5479 Grahamryder's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1509.669646048083'}^[26].
• 5479 Grahamryder's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+7.6'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

5479 Grahamryder's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Graham Ryder is named after 5479 Grahamryder^[6].

Why It Matters

5479 Grahamryder ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]