8464 Polishook

Summary

8464 Polishook is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 8464 Polishook is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 8464 Polishook's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 8464 Polishook's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• David Polishook is named after 8464 Polishook^[6].
• 8464 Polishook's follows is recorded as 8463 Naomimurdoch^[7].
• 8464 Polishook's followed by is recorded as 8465 Bancelin^[8].
• 8464 Polishook's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 8464 Polishook's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 8464 Polishook's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 EF28^[11].
• 8464 Polishook's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 WB5^[12].
• 8464 Polishook's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 RC13^[13].
• 8464 Polishook's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-02T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 8464 Polishook's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b7663b^[15].
• 8464 Polishook's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008464^[16].
• 8464 Polishook's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 8464 Polishook's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[18].
• 8464 Polishook's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1576663'}^[19].
• 8464 Polishook's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1568085516792283'}^[20].
• 8464 Polishook's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.4'}^[21].
• 8464 Polishook's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.61'}^[22].
• 8464 Polishook's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.45728'}^[23].
• 8464 Polishook's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.45963250256412'}^[24].
• 8464 Polishook's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.29'}^[25].
• 8464 Polishook's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1569.127315841711'}^[26].
• 8464 Polishook's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.51648'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

8464 Polishook's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

David Polishook is named after 8464 Polishook^[6].

Why It Matters

8464 Polishook ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]