12279 Laon

Summary

12279 Laon is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12279 Laon is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 12279 Laon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12279 Laon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[5].
• 12279 Laon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• Laon is named after 12279 Laon^[7].
• 12279 Laon's follows is recorded as 12278 Kisohinoki^[8].
• 12279 Laon's followed by is recorded as 12280 Reims^[9].
• 12279 Laon's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 12279 Laon's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 12279 Laon's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 MM^[12].
• 12279 Laon's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 WP4^[13].
• 12279 Laon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-11-16T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 12279 Laon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y715v^[15].
• 12279 Laon's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012279^[16].
• 12279 Laon's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 12279 Laon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09'}^[18].
• 12279 Laon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0899159'}^[19].
• 12279 Laon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.09393467599524682'}^[20].
• 12279 Laon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.7'}^[21].
• 12279 Laon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.75'}^[22].
• 12279 Laon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.25829'}^[23].
• 12279 Laon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+10.25145683195703'}^[24].
• 12279 Laon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.61'}^[25].
• 12279 Laon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1684.281339572426'}^[26].
• 12279 Laon's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+5.59803'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12279 Laon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Laon is named after 12279 Laon^[7].

Why It Matters

12279 Laon 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 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]