12443 Paulsydney

Summary

12443 Paulsydney is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12443 Paulsydney is credited with the discovery of Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing observatory^[3].
• 12443 Paulsydney's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12443 Paulsydney's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory^[5].
• 12443 Paulsydney's follows is recorded as 12442 Beltramemass^[6].
• 12443 Paulsydney's followed by is recorded as Q137272^[7].
• 12443 Paulsydney's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 12443 Paulsydney's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 12443 Paulsydney's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 EQ2^[10].
• 12443 Paulsydney's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 GX41^[11].
• 12443 Paulsydney's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 MT10^[12].
• 12443 Paulsydney's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-03-15T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12443 Paulsydney's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7ykt^[14].
• 12443 Paulsydney's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012443^[15].
• 12443 Paulsydney's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12443 Paulsydney's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.21'}^[17].
• 12443 Paulsydney's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2085161'}^[18].
• 12443 Paulsydney's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2034960251271356'}^[19].
• 12443 Paulsydney's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.6'}^[20].
• 12443 Paulsydney's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.83'}^[21].
• 12443 Paulsydney's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.50127'}^[22].
• 12443 Paulsydney's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+17.47848720929529'}^[23].
• 12443 Paulsydney's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.49'}^[24].
• 12443 Paulsydney's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2012.777390756346'}^[25].
• 12443 Paulsydney's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+15.28'}^[26].
• 12443 Paulsydney's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+196.08454'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12443 Paulsydney's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

12443 Paulsydney 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 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]