12426 Racquetball

Summary

12426 Racquetball is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 12426 Racquetball is credited with the discovery of Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory^[3].
• 12426 Racquetball's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12426 Racquetball's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory^[5].
• racquetball is named after 12426 Racquetball^[6].
• 12426 Racquetball's follows is recorded as (12425) 1995 VG2^[7].
• 12426 Racquetball's followed by is recorded as (12427) 1995 WM3^[8].
• 12426 Racquetball's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12426 Racquetball's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12426 Racquetball's provisional designation is recorded as 1975 EB4^[11].
• 12426 Racquetball's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 RN21^[12].
• 12426 Racquetball's provisional designation is recorded as 1995 VL2^[13].
• 12426 Racquetball's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1995-11-14T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 12426 Racquetball's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y82q3^[15].
• 12426 Racquetball's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012426^[16].
• 12426 Racquetball's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 12426 Racquetball's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[18].
• 12426 Racquetball's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0711803'}^[19].
• 12426 Racquetball's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0714552465090464'}^[20].
• 12426 Racquetball's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}^[21].
• 12426 Racquetball's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.11'}^[22].
• 12426 Racquetball's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.59187'}^[23].
• 12426 Racquetball's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.591806281057856'}^[24].
• 12426 Racquetball's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.63'}^[25].
• 12426 Racquetball's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1325.851217326042'}^[26].
• 12426 Racquetball's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+2.882'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12426 Racquetball's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

racquetball is named after 12426 Racquetball^[6].

Why It Matters

12426 Racquetball has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]