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(120787) 1998 FS12

Summary

(120787) 1998 FS12 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (120787) 1998 FS12 is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program[2].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station[4].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's follows is recorded as (120786) 1998 FO7[5].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's followed by is recorded as (120788) 1998 FD16[6].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 FS12[9].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 CV35[10].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-03-20T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hhpg9z[12].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20120787[13].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.169937704581135'}[14].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.77'}[15].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.319139210948762'}[16].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1548.819656947871'}[17].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+183.8783211919091'}[18].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.619800877902548'}[19].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.065003825552949'}[20].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.174597930252146'}[21].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+16.16884857386258'}[22].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+169.955066038068'}[23].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 120787[24].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025[25].
  • (120787) 1998 FS12's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q14267', 'amount': '+2460269.306258118'}[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(120787) 1998 FS12's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital period → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+
    Argument of periapsis → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Mean anomaly → {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount':
    Epoch → November 21, 2025
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