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(395695) 2012 AW21

Summary

(395695) 2012 AW21 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (395695) 2012 AW21 is credited with the discovery of Mount Lemmon Survey[2].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[3].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Mount Lemmon[5].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[6].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan[7].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid[8].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[9].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 AW21[10].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's provisional designation is recorded as 2008 RL21[11].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-09-04T00:00:00Z[12].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05800535627212913'}[13].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun[14].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.03'}[15].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+6.620132433530985'}[16].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+4335.694172648125'}[17].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+345.4499180114024'}[18].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.203634797743406'}[19].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+5.505473488096561'}[20].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+4.901796107390251'}[21].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+89.43728599387443'}[22].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+82.37744502796916'}[23].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+11.257'}[24].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.042'}[25].
  • (395695) 2012 AW21's epoch is recorded as May 5, 2025[26].

Body

Designation and Status

(395695) 2012 AW21's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . 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. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.org. minorplanetcenter.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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. 20w ago · Jiddah Ameera · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent astronomical body → Sun
    Discoverer or inventor → Mount Lemmon Survey, Spacewatch
    Minor planet group → Jupiter trojan, Greek camp trojan asteroid
    Site of astronomical discovery → Mount Lemmon, Kitt Peak National Observatory
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ [[Property:P65]]: [[Q592248]], The Distributed Game (95): Pick the Discovery site #distributed-game"
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