4466 Abai
asteroid
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Summary
4466 Abai is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Crimean Astrophysical Observatory[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Crimean Astrophysical Observatory[4]
- Named after: Abay Kunanbaiuly[5]
- Follows: 4465 Rodita[6]
- Followed by: 4467 Kaidanovskij[7]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[8]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[9]
- Provisional designation: 1971 SX1[10], 1972 YQ[11], 1973 AY[12], 1979 FT3[13], 1980 NM[14], 1981 TN3[15], 1988 AD1[16]
- Time of discovery or invention: September 23, 1971[17]
- Significant event: naming[18]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.03[19], 0.0346104[20], 0.03077662691249753[21]
- Absolute magnitude: 12.2[22], 12.27[23]
- Orbital inclination: 2.10446 degree[24], 2.110967120265769 degree[25]
- Orbital period: 5.04 years[26], 1843.080319446357 day[27]
- Longitude of ascending node: 170.64571 degree[28], 170.493842650584 degree[29]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.9398285 astronomical unit[30], 2.941917953129162 astronomical unit[31]
- Apoapsis: 3.042 astronomical unit[32], 3.032460264379797 astronomical unit[33]
- Periapsis: 2.8380798 astronomical unit[34], 2.851375641878528 astronomical unit[35]
- Argument of periapsis: 199.91367 degree[36], 195.4057061626734 degree[37]
- Mean anomaly: 160.91891 degree[38], 274.3726331001492 degree[39]
- Diameter: 11.146 km[40]
- Albedo: 0.187[41]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[42]
- Time of periapsis: 2461438.8836520533 Julian day[43]
Why It Matters
4466 Abai is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]