12281 Chaumont

Summary

12281 Chaumont is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12281 Chaumont is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 12281 Chaumont's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12281 Chaumont's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Chaumont is named after 12281 Chaumont^[6].
• 12281 Chaumont's follows is recorded as 12280 Reims^[7].
• 12281 Chaumont's followed by is recorded as 12282 Crombecq^[8].
• 12281 Chaumont's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12281 Chaumont's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12281 Chaumont's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 WA5^[11].
• 12281 Chaumont's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1990-11-16T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 12281 Chaumont's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y16d9^[13].
• 12281 Chaumont's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012281^[14].
• 12281 Chaumont's asteroid spectral type is recorded as X-type asteroid^[15].
• 12281 Chaumont's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12281 Chaumont's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.01'}^[17].
• 12281 Chaumont's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0135385'}^[18].
• 12281 Chaumont's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.01559981518631111'}^[19].
• 12281 Chaumont's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.9'}^[20].
• 12281 Chaumont's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.96'}^[21].
• 12281 Chaumont's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.35582'}^[22].
• 12281 Chaumont's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.35385872236293'}^[23].
• 12281 Chaumont's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.53'}^[24].
• 12281 Chaumont's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1655.785793874774'}^[25].
• 12281 Chaumont's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+16.851'}^[26].
• 12281 Chaumont's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+119.05974'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12281 Chaumont's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Chaumont is named after 12281 Chaumont^[6].

Why It Matters

12281 Chaumont ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]