12401 Tucholsky

Summary

12401 Tucholsky is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12401 Tucholsky is credited with the discovery of Freimut Börngen^[3].
• 12401 Tucholsky's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12401 Tucholsky's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Karl Schwarzschild Observatory^[5].
• Kurt Tucholsky is named after 12401 Tucholsky^[6].
• 12401 Tucholsky's follows is recorded as 12400 Katumaru^[7].
• 12401 Tucholsky's followed by is recorded as (12402) 1995 PK^[8].
• 12401 Tucholsky's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12401 Tucholsky's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12401 Tucholsky's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 OG10^[11].
• 12401 Tucholsky's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RS35^[12].
• 12401 Tucholsky's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1995-07-21T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12401 Tucholsky's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yhgkj^[14].
• 12401 Tucholsky's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012401^[15].
• 12401 Tucholsky's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12401 Tucholsky's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.18'}^[17].
• 12401 Tucholsky's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1773233'}^[18].
• 12401 Tucholsky's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1774698265706379'}^[19].
• 12401 Tucholsky's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.0'}^[20].
• 12401 Tucholsky's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.14'}^[21].
• 12401 Tucholsky's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.93345'}^[22].
• 12401 Tucholsky's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.934167357320347'}^[23].
• 12401 Tucholsky's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.7'}^[24].
• 12401 Tucholsky's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1351.6430014087'}^[25].
• 12401 Tucholsky's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+134.19062'}^[26].
• 12401 Tucholsky's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+134.1887838358401'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12401 Tucholsky's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Kurt Tucholsky is named after 12401 Tucholsky^[6].

Why It Matters

12401 Tucholsky ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]