3623 Chaplin

Summary

3623 Chaplin is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3623 Chaplin is credited with the discovery of Lyudmila Karachkina^[3].
• 3623 Chaplin's image is recorded as 003623-asteroid shape model (3623) Chaplin.png^[4].
• 3623 Chaplin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 3623 Chaplin's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[6].
• Charlie Chaplin is named after 3623 Chaplin^[7].
• 3623 Chaplin's follows is recorded as 3622 Ilinsky^[8].
• 3623 Chaplin's followed by is recorded as Q1046602^[9].
• 3623 Chaplin's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 3623 Chaplin's Commons category is recorded as 3623 Chaplin^[11].
• 3623 Chaplin's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 3623 Chaplin's provisional designation is recorded as 1952 VK^[13].
• 3623 Chaplin's provisional designation is recorded as 1962 WT1^[14].
• 3623 Chaplin's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 UM4^[15].
• 3623 Chaplin's provisional designation is recorded as 1976 UG1^[16].
• 3623 Chaplin's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 TG2^[17].
• 3623 Chaplin's provisional designation is recorded as 1983 CT1^[18].
• 3623 Chaplin's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 DY^[19].
• 3623 Chaplin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-10-04T00:00:00Z^[20].
• 3623 Chaplin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1630^[21].
• 3623 Chaplin's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003623^[22].
• 3623 Chaplin's significant event is recorded as naming^[23].
• 3623 Chaplin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09'}^[24].
• 3623 Chaplin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0830976'}^[25].
• 3623 Chaplin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.08399439524705947'}^[26].
• 3623 Chaplin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.0'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3623 Chaplin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Charlie Chaplin is named after 3623 Chaplin^[7].

Why It Matters

3623 Chaplin ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]