12088 Macalintal

Summary

12088 Macalintal is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12088 Macalintal is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 12088 Macalintal's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12088 Macalintal's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 12088 Macalintal's follows is recorded as 12087 Tiffanylin^[6].
• 12088 Macalintal's followed by is recorded as 12089 Maichin^[7].
• 12088 Macalintal's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 12088 Macalintal's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 12088 Macalintal's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 WV5^[10].
• 12088 Macalintal's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 HZ31^[11].
• 12088 Macalintal's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-04-20T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 12088 Macalintal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gltsn^[13].
• 12088 Macalintal's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012088^[14].
• 12088 Macalintal's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 12088 Macalintal's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[16].
• 12088 Macalintal's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0739186'}^[17].
• 12088 Macalintal's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07507961186371433'}^[18].
• 12088 Macalintal's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[19].
• 12088 Macalintal's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.17'}^[20].
• 12088 Macalintal's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.24392'}^[21].
• 12088 Macalintal's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.241960660060403'}^[22].
• 12088 Macalintal's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.61'}^[23].
• 12088 Macalintal's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1319.931162111531'}^[24].
• 12088 Macalintal's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+3.342'}^[25].
• 12088 Macalintal's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+239.40179'}^[26].
• 12088 Macalintal's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+239.3010563252818'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12088 Macalintal's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

12088 Macalintal ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]