12318 Kästner

Summary

12318 Kästner is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12318 Kästner is credited with the discovery of Freimut Börngen^[3].
• 12318 Kästner's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12318 Kästner's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Karl Schwarzschild Observatory^[5].
• Erich Kästner is named after 12318 Kästner^[6].
• 12318 Kästner's follows is recorded as 12317 Madicampbell^[7].
• 12318 Kästner's followed by is recorded as (12319) 1992 PC^[8].
• 12318 Kästner's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12318 Kästner's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12318 Kästner's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 HD7^[11].
• 12318 Kästner's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QQ61^[12].
• 12318 Kästner's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1992-04-30T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12318 Kästner's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/043pkrv^[14].
• 12318 Kästner's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012318^[15].
• 12318 Kästner's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12318 Kästner's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.21'}^[17].
• 12318 Kästner's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2121525'}^[18].
• 12318 Kästner's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2116369236679311'}^[19].
• 12318 Kästner's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.4'}^[20].
• 12318 Kästner's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.49'}^[21].
• 12318 Kästner's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.26897'}^[22].
• 12318 Kästner's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.27063955377565'}^[23].
• 12318 Kästner's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.18'}^[24].
• 12318 Kästner's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1892.183489274669'}^[25].
• 12318 Kästner's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+137.13250'}^[26].
• 12318 Kästner's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+137.1217989956795'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12318 Kästner's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Erich Kästner is named after 12318 Kästner^[6].

Why It Matters

12318 Kästner ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]