12440 Koshigayaboshi

Summary

12440 Koshigayaboshi is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12440 Koshigayaboshi is credited with the discovery of Kin Endate^[3].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi is credited with the discovery of Kazurō Watanabe^[4].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitami Observatory^[6].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's follows is recorded as 12439 Okasaki^[7].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's followed by is recorded as (12441) 1996 DV^[8].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 CF3^[11].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QX16^[12].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-02-11T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c3tt7d^[14].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012440^[15].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}^[17].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0427278'}^[18].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04043665253656377'}^[19].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.2'}^[20].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.41'}^[21].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.06334'}^[22].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.078473449563'}^[23].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.36'}^[24].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1956.888811025688'}^[25].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+125.23310'}^[26].
• 12440 Koshigayaboshi's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+125.09660319'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12440 Koshigayaboshi's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

12440 Koshigayaboshi ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]