12400 Katumaru

Summary

12400 Katumaru is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12400 Katumaru is credited with the discovery of Tomimaru Okuni^[3].
• 12400 Katumaru's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12400 Katumaru's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Nanyo Observatory^[5].
• 12400 Katumaru's follows is recorded as 12399 Bartolini^[6].
• 12400 Katumaru's followed by is recorded as 12401 Tucholsky^[7].
• 12400 Katumaru's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 12400 Katumaru's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 12400 Katumaru's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 KR2^[10].
• 12400 Katumaru's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 OA1^[11].
• 12400 Katumaru's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 KL15^[12].
• 12400 Katumaru's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1995-07-28T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12400 Katumaru's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y5j17^[14].
• 12400 Katumaru's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012400^[15].
• 12400 Katumaru's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12400 Katumaru's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.17'}^[17].
• 12400 Katumaru's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1699579'}^[18].
• 12400 Katumaru's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1701426216508579'}^[19].
• 12400 Katumaru's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4'}^[20].
• 12400 Katumaru's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.47'}^[21].
• 12400 Katumaru's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.84104'}^[22].
• 12400 Katumaru's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.835495824225266'}^[23].
• 12400 Katumaru's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.58'}^[24].
• 12400 Katumaru's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1309.213523960464'}^[25].
• 12400 Katumaru's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+2.61'}^[26].
• 12400 Katumaru's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+224.76142'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12400 Katumaru's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

12400 Katumaru 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 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]