12418 Tongling

Summary

12418 Tongling is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12418 Tongling is credited with the discovery of Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program^[3].
• 12418 Tongling's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12418 Tongling's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Xinglong Station^[5].
• Tongling is named after 12418 Tongling^[6].
• 12418 Tongling's follows is recorded as (12417) 1995 TC8^[7].
• 12418 Tongling's followed by is recorded as (12419) 1995 UP4^[8].
• 12418 Tongling's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12418 Tongling's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12418 Tongling's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 UX2^[11].
• 12418 Tongling's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 DD^[12].
• 12418 Tongling's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1995-10-23T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12418 Tongling's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yhbb5^[14].
• 12418 Tongling's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012418^[15].
• 12418 Tongling's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12418 Tongling's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.13'}^[17].
• 12418 Tongling's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1311589'}^[18].
• 12418 Tongling's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1285716948790237'}^[19].
• 12418 Tongling's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.8'}^[20].
• 12418 Tongling's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.85'}^[21].
• 12418 Tongling's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.65678'}^[22].
• 12418 Tongling's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+11.64885491657466'}^[23].
• 12418 Tongling's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.13'}^[24].
• 12418 Tongling's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1872.636030656807'}^[25].
• 12418 Tongling's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+30.09864'}^[26].
• 12418 Tongling's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+30.04303824465347'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12418 Tongling's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Tongling is named after 12418 Tongling^[6].

Why It Matters

12418 Tongling ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]