12248 Russellcarpenter

Summary

12248 Russellcarpenter is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12248 Russellcarpenter is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory^[5].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's follows is recorded as 12247 Michaelsekerak^[6].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's followed by is recorded as 12249 Hannorein^[7].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 RX12^[10].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 JF4^[11].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1988-09-14T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j__yzp^[13].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012248^[14].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.10'}^[16].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1033057'}^[17].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1017088795875332'}^[18].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[19].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.18'}^[20].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.80630'}^[21].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.795982597092634'}^[22].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.25'}^[23].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1911.73519916417'}^[24].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+194.21498'}^[25].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+194.0677059618128'}^[26].
• 12248 Russellcarpenter's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.0190029'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12248 Russellcarpenter's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

12248 Russellcarpenter ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 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]