12052 Aretaon

Summary

12052 Aretaon is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12052 Aretaon is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 12052 Aretaon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12052 Aretaon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Aretaon is named after 12052 Aretaon^[6].
• 12052 Aretaon's follows is recorded as 12051 Pícha^[7].
• 12052 Aretaon's followed by is recorded as 12053 Turtlestar^[8].
• 12052 Aretaon's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[9].
• 12052 Aretaon's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid^[10].
• 12052 Aretaon's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 12052 Aretaon's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 UG5^[12].
• 12052 Aretaon's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 JB16^[13].
• 12052 Aretaon's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 NE62^[14].
• 12052 Aretaon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-05-03T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 12052 Aretaon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0ttt^[16].
• 12052 Aretaon's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012052^[17].
• 12052 Aretaon's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 12052 Aretaon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.067'}^[19].
• 12052 Aretaon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0679533'}^[20].
• 12052 Aretaon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06746142802737595'}^[21].
• 12052 Aretaon's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun^[22].
• 12052 Aretaon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.6'}^[23].
• 12052 Aretaon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.66'}^[24].
• 12052 Aretaon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.46321'}^[25].
• 12052 Aretaon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.48032320019193'}^[26].
• 12052 Aretaon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+11.99'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12052 Aretaon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Aretaon is named after 12052 Aretaon^[6].

Why It Matters

12052 Aretaon ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]