(6772) 1988 BG4

Summary

(6772) 1988 BG4 is an asteroid^[1]. (6772) 1988 BG4 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• (6772) 1988 BG4 is credited with the discovery of Henri Debehogne^[3].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's follows is recorded as Q277744^[6].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's followed by is recorded as Q601052^[7].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 BG4^[10].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 RX11^[11].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 HL2^[12].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-01-20T00:00:00Z^[13].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c00yvw^[14].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20006772^[15].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.19'}^[16].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1921184'}^[17].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1895247042314098'}^[18].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.2'}^[19].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.22'}^[20].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.71559'}^[21].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.70959661081062'}^[22].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.34'}^[23].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1588.570282629549'}^[24].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+295.96183'}^[25].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+295.8988262409795'}^[26].
• (6772) 1988 BG4's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.6622460'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

(6772) 1988 BG4's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

(6772) 1988 BG4 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] (6772) 1988 BG4 has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] (6772) 1988 BG4 is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]