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12344 Maryland

asteroid
Place asteroid Q19624861

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
asteroid
Follows
12343 Martinbeech[4]
Followed by
(12345) 1993 FT8[5]
Absolute magnitude
+13.2, +13.3[13][14]
Albedo
+0.476[32]
Apoapsis
+2.953, +2.947104903155458[23][24]
Argument of periapsis
+162.76528, +163.7606209930763[27][28]
Diameter
+4.621[31]
Discoverer or inventor
Shūji Hayakawa, Seiji Shirai[2][3]
Epoch
May 5, 2025[33]
Longitude of ascending node
+65.65649, +65.60907489883365[19][20]
Mean anomaly
+357.89846, +259.0859631588896[29][30]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.15 (0.15–0.15, n=3)[10][11][12]
Orbital inclination
+8.65926, +8.654716340578025[15][16]
Orbital period
+4.12, +1505.363346907789[17][18]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
+2.1851383, +2.194025298595034[25][26]
Provisional designation
1993 FB1[8]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.5688422, +2.570565100875246[21][22]
Time of discovery or invention
March 18, 1993[9]
Time of periapsis
+2461222.478589581[34]
🏷️ Also known as
en 12344 Maryland cs (12344) 1993 FB1 sv (12344) 1993 FB1 sv 1993 FB1 zh 小行星12344
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/0k004v4
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20012344
Minor Planet Center body ID
12344
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet12344Provisional1993FB1"]

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🔗 Connections
Epoch 1
May 5, 2025
Followed by 1
(12345) 1993 FT8
Followed by (predecessor) 1
(12345) 1993 FT8
Follows 1
12343 Martinbeech
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
12343 Martinbeech
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Summary

12344 Maryland is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Ysogo · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by → —
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2461222.478589581'}
    Orbital inclination → {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.65926'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.654716340578025'}
    Followed by → (12345) 1993 FT8
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Discoverer or inventor: Shūji Hayakawa"
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