12444 Prothoon

Summary

12444 Prothoon is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 12444 Prothoon is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 12444 Prothoon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12444 Prothoon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[5].
• 12444 Prothoon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• Prothoon is named after 12444 Prothoon^[7].
• 12444 Prothoon followed 12443 Paulsydney^[8].
• 12444 Prothoon was followed by 12445 Sirataka^[9].
• 12444 Prothoon's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[10].
• 12444 Prothoon's minor planet group is recorded as Trojan camp trojan asteroid^[11].
• 12444 Prothoon is part of Jupiter trojan^[12].
• 12444 Prothoon's Commons category is recorded as 12444 Prothoon^[13].
• 12444 Prothoon's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 12444 Prothoon's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 GE19^[15].
• 12444 Prothoon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-04-15T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 12444 Prothoon's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 12444 Prothoon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07'}^[18].
• 12444 Prothoon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0717557'}^[19].
• 12444 Prothoon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.07091213542688946'}^[20].
• 12444 Prothoon's Lagrangian point is recorded as L5 Jupiter-Sun^[21].
• 12444 Prothoon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.8'}^[22].
• 12444 Prothoon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.92'}^[23].
• 12444 Prothoon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+30.82702'}^[24].
• 12444 Prothoon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+30.85364500186164'}^[25].
• 12444 Prothoon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+12.01'}^[26].
• 12444 Prothoon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+4370.63262737961'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

12444 Prothoon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Prothoon is named after 12444 Prothoon^[7].

Use and Application

12444 Prothoon is part of Jupiter trojan^[12].

Why It Matters

12444 Prothoon has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]