12262 Nishio

Summary

12262 Nishio is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12262 Nishio is credited with the discovery of Kin Endate^[3].
• 12262 Nishio is credited with the discovery of Kazurō Watanabe^[4].
• 12262 Nishio's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 12262 Nishio's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitami Observatory^[6].
• 12262 Nishio's follows is recorded as 12261 Ledouanier^[7].
• 12262 Nishio's followed by is recorded as (12263) 1989 YA4^[8].
• 12262 Nishio's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12262 Nishio's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12262 Nishio's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 WE2^[11].
• 12262 Nishio's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 UL^[12].
• 12262 Nishio's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-10-21T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12262 Nishio's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7pfc^[14].
• 12262 Nishio's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012262^[15].
• 12262 Nishio's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12262 Nishio's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[17].
• 12262 Nishio's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1402020'}^[18].
• 12262 Nishio's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1367829337876005'}^[19].
• 12262 Nishio's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.2'}^[20].
• 12262 Nishio's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.4'}^[21].
• 12262 Nishio's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.44683'}^[22].
• 12262 Nishio's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.444526284552386'}^[23].
• 12262 Nishio's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.62'}^[24].
• 12262 Nishio's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1691.980368356475'}^[25].
• 12262 Nishio's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+217.78312'}^[26].
• 12262 Nishio's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+217.540734286914'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12262 Nishio's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

12262 Nishio ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]