4895 Embla

Summary

4895 Embla is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 4895 Embla is credited with the discovery of Poul Jensen^[3].
• 4895 Embla's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 4895 Embla's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Brorfelde Observatory^[5].
• Embla is named after 4895 Embla^[6].
• Askr and Embla is named after 4895 Embla^[7].
• 4895 Embla's follows is recorded as 4894 Ask^[8].
• 4895 Embla's followed by is recorded as 4896 Tomoegozen^[9].
• 4895 Embla's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 4895 Embla's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 4895 Embla's provisional designation is recorded as 1939 TH^[12].
• 4895 Embla's provisional designation is recorded as 1968 UM^[13].
• 4895 Embla's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 YR^[14].
• 4895 Embla's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 TK4^[15].
• 4895 Embla's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1986-10-13T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 4895 Embla's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1khn^[17].
• 4895 Embla's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20004895^[18].
• 4895 Embla's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 4895 Embla's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.24'}^[20].
• 4895 Embla's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2363316'}^[21].
• 4895 Embla's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2363279880666551'}^[22].
• 4895 Embla's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[23].
• 4895 Embla's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.66'}^[24].
• 4895 Embla's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.12689'}^[25].
• 4895 Embla's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.127061302869607'}^[26].
• 4895 Embla's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.61'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

4895 Embla's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Things named after include Embla^[6], a Norse mythical character^[28] and Askr and Embla^[7], an anthropogony^[29].

Why It Matters

4895 Embla ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]