12203 Gehling

Summary

12203 Gehling is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12203 Gehling is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 12203 Gehling's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12203 Gehling's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• 12203 Gehling's follows is recorded as 12202 Toddgregory^[6].
• 12203 Gehling's followed by is recorded as 12204 Jonpineau^[7].
• 12203 Gehling's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 12203 Gehling's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 12203 Gehling's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 EO19^[10].
• 12203 Gehling's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-02T00:00:00Z^[11].
• 12203 Gehling's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j__x_b^[12].
• 12203 Gehling's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012203^[13].
• 12203 Gehling's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 12203 Gehling's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[15].
• 12203 Gehling's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0693405'}^[16].
• 12203 Gehling's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0727650804898176'}^[17].
• 12203 Gehling's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[18].
• 12203 Gehling's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[19].
• 12203 Gehling's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.76318'}^[20].
• 12203 Gehling's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.764174759770682'}^[21].
• 12203 Gehling's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.16'}^[22].
• 12203 Gehling's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1878.940087122422'}^[23].
• 12203 Gehling's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+181.23491'}^[24].
• 12203 Gehling's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+181.1288828410359'}^[25].
• 12203 Gehling's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.9849621'}^[26].
• 12203 Gehling's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.979954755149985'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12203 Gehling's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

12203 Gehling ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]