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12007 Fermat

asteroid
Thing asteroid Q2356051

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
12006 Hruschka[5]
Followed by
12008 Kandrup[6]
Absolute magnitude
15.2, 15.35[17][18]
Apoapsis
2.486 astronomical unit, 2.484664257455601 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
155.10404 degree, 155.3678755967934 degree
Discoverer or inventor
Paul G. Comba[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
Longitude of ascending node
33.31863 degree, 33.26520128455148 degree[23][24]
Mean anomaly
330.99629 degree, 63.03373642839835 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Pierre de Fermat[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.1 (0.1–0.1, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
6.36528 degree, 6.358200577809754 degree[19][20]
Orbital period
3.4 year, 1,241.095832262682 day[21][22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.0330575 astronomical unit, 2.035642652107099 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1991 ER1, 1996 TD7, 1998 HU4[9][10][11]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.2595024 astronomical unit, 2.26015345478135 astronomical unit[25]
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Prescott Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
October 11, 1996[12]
Time of periapsis
2,460,783.191923408 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Fermat de (12007) Fermat fa سیارک 12007 fa سیارک ۱۲۰۰۷ ja フェルマー ru 1991 ER1 ru (12007) 1996 TD7 ru 1996 TD7 ru 1998 HU4 uk 12007 Fermat uk 12007 Ферма zh 小行星12007
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y23rf
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20012007
Minor Planet Center body ID
12007

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Summary

12007 Fermat is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. 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] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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