109712 Giger

Summary

109712 Giger is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 109712 Giger is credited with the discovery of Roy A. Tucker^[3].
• 109712 Giger's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 109712 Giger's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Goodricke-Pigott Observatory^[5].
• 109712 Giger's follows is recorded as (109711) 2001 RQ45^[6].
• 109712 Giger's followed by is recorded as (109713) 2001 RZ47^[7].
• 109712 Giger's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 109712 Giger's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 109712 Giger's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 RA144^[10].
• 109712 Giger's provisional designation is recorded as 2001 RH46^[11].
• 109712 Giger's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2001-09-12T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 109712 Giger's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20109712^[13].
• 109712 Giger's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 109712 Giger's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.26'}^[15].
• 109712 Giger's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2583713199368228'}^[16].
• 109712 Giger's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.0'}^[17].
• 109712 Giger's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.97'}^[18].
• 109712 Giger's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.0'}^[19].
• 109712 Giger's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.96173242915697'}^[20].
• 109712 Giger's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1596.973404763952'}^[21].
• 109712 Giger's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+166.5'}^[22].
• 109712 Giger's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+166.4516564965811'}^[23].
• 109712 Giger's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.673824127473881'}^[24].
• 109712 Giger's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.364663596568231'}^[25].
• 109712 Giger's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.982984658379531'}^[26].
• 109712 Giger's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+254.2'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

109712 Giger's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

109712 Giger ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]