12382 Niagara Falls

Summary

12382 Niagara Falls is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12382 Niagara Falls is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[5].
• Niagara Falls is named after 12382 Niagara Falls^[6].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's follows is recorded as 12381 Hugoclaus^[7].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's followed by is recorded as 12383 Eboshi^[8].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 EX35^[11].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 SO5^[12].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1994-09-28T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7nc_^[14].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012382^[15].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}^[17].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0414966'}^[18].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04485323338308152'}^[19].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[20].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.85'}^[21].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.00022'}^[22].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.001877082586717'}^[23].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.65'}^[24].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1697.513066555686'}^[25].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+130.37391'}^[26].
• 12382 Niagara Falls's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+130.4477673436537'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12382 Niagara Falls's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Niagara Falls is named after 12382 Niagara Falls^[6].

Why It Matters

12382 Niagara Falls ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]