12405 Nespoli

Summary

12405 Nespoli is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12405 Nespoli is credited with the discovery of Francesco Manca^[3].
• 12405 Nespoli is credited with the discovery of Valter Giuliani^[4].
• 12405 Nespoli's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 12405 Nespoli's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Osservatorio Astronomico Sormano^[6].
• Paolo Nespoli is named after 12405 Nespoli^[7].
• 12405 Nespoli's follows is recorded as (12404) 1995 QW3^[8].
• 12405 Nespoli's followed by is recorded as 12406 Zvíkov^[9].
• 12405 Nespoli's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 12405 Nespoli's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 12405 Nespoli's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 RK^[12].
• 12405 Nespoli's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1995-09-15T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12405 Nespoli's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0464w3d^[14].
• 12405 Nespoli's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012405^[15].
• 12405 Nespoli's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12405 Nespoli's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.11'}^[17].
• 12405 Nespoli's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1131154'}^[18].
• 12405 Nespoli's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1121918156689889'}^[19].
• 12405 Nespoli's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.0'}^[20].
• 12405 Nespoli's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.03'}^[21].
• 12405 Nespoli's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.19652'}^[22].
• 12405 Nespoli's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.193523586339762'}^[23].
• 12405 Nespoli's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.65'}^[24].
• 12405 Nespoli's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1335.868433508039'}^[25].
• 12405 Nespoli's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+13.218'}^[26].
• 12405 Nespoli's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+248.55257'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12405 Nespoli's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Paolo Nespoli is named after 12405 Nespoli^[7].

Why It Matters

12405 Nespoli 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 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]