12237 Coughlin

Summary

12237 Coughlin is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12237 Coughlin is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 12237 Coughlin is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 12237 Coughlin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 12237 Coughlin's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• 12237 Coughlin's follows is recorded as (12236) 1987 DD6^[7].
• 12237 Coughlin's followed by is recorded as 12238 Actor^[8].
• 12237 Coughlin's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12237 Coughlin's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12237 Coughlin's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 HE^[11].
• 12237 Coughlin's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 JE^[12].
• 12237 Coughlin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-04-23T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12237 Coughlin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y19cj^[14].
• 12237 Coughlin's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012237^[15].
• 12237 Coughlin's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12237 Coughlin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.20'}^[17].
• 12237 Coughlin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2007700'}^[18].
• 12237 Coughlin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1993478626638583'}^[19].
• 12237 Coughlin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[20].
• 12237 Coughlin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.22'}^[21].
• 12237 Coughlin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.43281'}^[22].
• 12237 Coughlin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+23.40481006695919'}^[23].
• 12237 Coughlin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.47'}^[24].
• 12237 Coughlin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1268.695544675599'}^[25].
• 12237 Coughlin's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+80.4'}^[26].
• 12237 Coughlin's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+169.86730'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12237 Coughlin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

12237 Coughlin 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 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]