4055 Magellan

Summary

4055 Magellan is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4055 Magellan is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 4055 Magellan's image is recorded as CCD image of asteroid 4055 Magellan.png^[4].
• 4055 Magellan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 4055 Magellan's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 4055 Magellan's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Ferdinand Magellan is named after 4055 Magellan^[8].
• 4055 Magellan's follows is recorded as Q152595^[9].
• 4055 Magellan's followed by is recorded as Q152598^[10].
• 4055 Magellan's minor planet group is recorded as Amor asteroid^[11].
• 4055 Magellan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[12].
• 4055 Magellan's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Magellan symbol (fixed width).svg^[13].
• 4055 Magellan's Commons category is recorded as 4055 Magellan^[14].
• 4055 Magellan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[15].
• 4055 Magellan's provisional designation is recorded as 1985 DO2^[16].
• 4055 Magellan's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 OG^[17].
• 4055 Magellan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1985-02-24T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 4055 Magellan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y789h^[19].
• 4055 Magellan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004055^[20].
• 4055 Magellan's asteroid spectral type is recorded as V-type asteroid^[21].
• 4055 Magellan's significant event is recorded as naming^[22].
• 4055 Magellan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.326'}^[23].
• 4055 Magellan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3261788'}^[24].
• 4055 Magellan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3259883548790672'}^[25].
• 4055 Magellan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[26].
• 4055 Magellan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.93'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[5] and near-Earth object^[6].

History and Context

Ferdinand Magellan is named after 4055 Magellan^[8].

Why It Matters

4055 Magellan ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]