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12040 Jacobi

asteroid
Thing Asteroid Q2625814

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
(12039) 1997 CB22[5]
Followed by
(12041) 1997 EQ25[6]
Absolute magnitude
15.3, 15.44[17][18]
Apoapsis
2.916 astronomical unit, 2.911712265739759 astronomical unit
Argument of periapsis
92.82626 degree, 93.10698541266738 degree
Discoverer or inventor
Paul G. Comba[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
354.09768 degree, 354.0301188084404 degree[23]
Mean anomaly
17.71409 degree, 285.1110532491959 degree
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.2 (0.2–0.2, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
2.70599 degree, 2.705175537378318 degree[19][20]
Orbital period
3.77 year, 1,376.321089099373 day[21][22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
1.9254789 astronomical unit, 1.931247794439096 astronomical unit
Provisional designation
1993 BF15, 1995 SA29, 1997 EK8[9][10][11]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.4206339 astronomical unit, 2.421480030089427 astronomical unit
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
Prescott Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
March 8, 1997[12]
Time of periapsis
2,461,286.8089909824 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Jacobi de (12040) Jacobi fa سیارک 12040 fa سیارک ۱۲۰۴۰ ru 1995 SA29 ru (12040) 1997 EK8 ru 1993 BF15 ru 1997 EK8 uk 12040 Jacobi uk 12040 Джейкобі uk 12040 Якобі zh 小行星12040
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y4s4h
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20012040
Minor Planet Center body ID
12040

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Summary

12040 Jacobi 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] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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