12238 Actor

Summary

12238 Actor is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12238 Actor is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 12238 Actor is credited with the discovery of Guido Pizarro^[4].
• 12238 Actor's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 12238 Actor's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[6].
• 12238 Actor's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[7].
• Actor is named after 12238 Actor^[8].
• 12238 Actor's follows is recorded as 12237 Coughlin^[9].
• 12238 Actor's followed by is recorded as 12239 Carolinakou^[10].
• 12238 Actor's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[11].
• 12238 Actor's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[12].
• 12238 Actor's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 12238 Actor's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 WW8^[14].
• 12238 Actor's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 YU1^[15].
• 12238 Actor's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-12-17T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 12238 Actor's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03wbdsc^[17].
• 12238 Actor's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012238^[18].
• 12238 Actor's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 12238 Actor's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.123'}^[20].
• 12238 Actor's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1240111'}^[21].
• 12238 Actor's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1242100266823578'}^[22].
• 12238 Actor's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[23].
• 12238 Actor's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.9'}^[24].
• 12238 Actor's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.93'}^[25].
• 12238 Actor's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.08925'}^[26].
• 12238 Actor's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+21.08401709629047'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12238 Actor's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Actor is named after 12238 Actor^[8].

Why It Matters

12238 Actor ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]