79472 Chiorny

Summary

79472 Chiorny is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 79472 Chiorny is credited with the discovery of Augusto Testa^[3].
• 79472 Chiorny is credited with the discovery of Paolo Chiavenna^[4].
• 79472 Chiorny's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 79472 Chiorny's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Sormano^[6].
• 79472 Chiorny's follows is recorded as Q15202327^[7].
• 79472 Chiorny's followed by is recorded as (79473) 1998 BX8^[8].
• 79472 Chiorny's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 79472 Chiorny's minor planet group is recorded as inner asteroid belt^[10].
• 79472 Chiorny's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 79472 Chiorny's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 AX4^[12].
• 79472 Chiorny's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-01-06T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 79472 Chiorny's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20079472^[14].
• 79472 Chiorny's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 79472 Chiorny's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08'}^[16].
• 79472 Chiorny's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08017602764990585'}^[17].
• 79472 Chiorny's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.8'}^[18].
• 79472 Chiorny's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.91'}^[19].
• 79472 Chiorny's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.3'}^[20].
• 79472 Chiorny's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.34116508995665'}^[21].
• 79472 Chiorny's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1003.654019444316'}^[22].
• 79472 Chiorny's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+2.8802'}^[23].
• 79472 Chiorny's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+93.3'}^[24].
• 79472 Chiorny's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+93.29058950390278'}^[25].
• 79472 Chiorny's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.961810558371121'}^[26].
• 79472 Chiorny's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.119100735942961'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

79472 Chiorny's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

79472 Chiorny ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]