12287 Langres

Summary

12287 Langres is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12287 Langres is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 12287 Langres's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12287 Langres's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[5].
• 12287 Langres's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• 12287 Langres's follows is recorded as 12286 Poiseuille^[7].
• 12287 Langres's followed by is recorded as 12288 Verdun^[8].
• 12287 Langres's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12287 Langres's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12287 Langres's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 GH5^[11].
• 12287 Langres's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 GT23^[12].
• 12287 Langres's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-04-08T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12287 Langres's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y711z^[14].
• 12287 Langres's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012287^[15].
• 12287 Langres's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12287 Langres's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.13'}^[17].
• 12287 Langres's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1355471'}^[18].
• 12287 Langres's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1378867482150195'}^[19].
• 12287 Langres's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}^[20].
• 12287 Langres's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.13'}^[21].
• 12287 Langres's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.39137'}^[22].
• 12287 Langres's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.401156495464114'}^[23].
• 12287 Langres's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.7'}^[24].
• 12287 Langres's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2079.08102110697'}^[25].
• 12287 Langres's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+7.32'}^[26].
• 12287 Langres's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+212.92946'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12287 Langres's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

12287 Langres 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 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]