12257 Lassine

Summary

12257 Lassine is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12257 Lassine is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 12257 Lassine's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12257 Lassine's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• 12257 Lassine's follows is recorded as (12256) 1989 CJ8^[6].
• 12257 Lassine's followed by is recorded as 12258 Oscarwilde^[7].
• 12257 Lassine's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 12257 Lassine's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 12257 Lassine's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 GL4^[10].
• 12257 Lassine's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 FK32^[11].
• 12257 Lassine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-04-03T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 12257 Lassine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y71qp^[13].
• 12257 Lassine's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012257^[14].
• 12257 Lassine's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 12257 Lassine's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.13'}^[16].
• 12257 Lassine's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1266457'}^[17].
• 12257 Lassine's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12688528655756'}^[18].
• 12257 Lassine's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.0'}^[19].
• 12257 Lassine's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.13'}^[20].
• 12257 Lassine's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.50850'}^[21].
• 12257 Lassine's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.49857593305916'}^[22].
• 12257 Lassine's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.04'}^[23].
• 12257 Lassine's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1477.52620917943'}^[24].
• 12257 Lassine's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+204.47049'}^[25].
• 12257 Lassine's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+204.384871064674'}^[26].
• 12257 Lassine's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.5386315'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12257 Lassine's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

12257 Lassine 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 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]