8489 Boulder

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8489 Boulder

Summary

8489 Boulder is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 8489 Boulder is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst[3].
  • 8489 Boulder's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 8489 Boulder's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory[5].
  • Boulder is named after 8489 Boulder[6].
  • 8489 Boulder's follows is recorded as 8488 d'Argens[7].
  • 8489 Boulder's followed by is recorded as (8490) 1989 TU10[8].
  • 8489 Boulder's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • 8489 Boulder's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • 8489 Boulder's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 GY8[11].
  • 8489 Boulder's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 TA3[12].
  • 8489 Boulder's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 LH2[13].
  • 8489 Boulder's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-10-07T00:00:00Z[14].
  • 8489 Boulder's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y11mb[15].
  • 8489 Boulder's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20008489[16].
  • 8489 Boulder's significant event is recorded as naming[17].
  • 8489 Boulder's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.11'}[18].
  • 8489 Boulder's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1127702'}[19].
  • 8489 Boulder's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.120842067596956'}[20].
  • 8489 Boulder's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.3'}[21].
  • 8489 Boulder's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.44'}[22].
  • 8489 Boulder's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.85399'}[23].
  • 8489 Boulder's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.841698984432326'}[24].
  • 8489 Boulder's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.59'}[25].
  • 8489 Boulder's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2033.158683092821'}[26].
  • 8489 Boulder's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+146.55983'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

8489 Boulder is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst[3].

Why It Matters

8489 Boulder has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). 8489 Boulder. Retrieved May 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/8489-boulder
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