12460 Mando

Summary

12460 Mando is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12460 Mando is credited with the discovery of Naoto Satō^[3].
• 12460 Mando's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12460 Mando's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Chichibu Observatory^[5].
• 12460 Mando's follows is recorded as (12459) 1997 AQ4^[6].
• 12460 Mando's followed by is recorded as (12461) 1997 AM5^[7].
• 12460 Mando's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 12460 Mando's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 12460 Mando's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 AF5^[10].
• 12460 Mando's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 JG3^[11].
• 12460 Mando's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-01-03T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 12460 Mando's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y794b^[13].
• 12460 Mando's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012460^[14].
• 12460 Mando's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 12460 Mando's spoken text audio is recorded as Fr-(12460)Mando.ogg^[16].
• 12460 Mando's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[17].
• 12460 Mando's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1608678'}^[18].
• 12460 Mando's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1609902770908877'}^[19].
• 12460 Mando's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.0'}^[20].
• 12460 Mando's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.16'}^[21].
• 12460 Mando's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.55893'}^[22].
• 12460 Mando's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.563280339174037'}^[23].
• 12460 Mando's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.44'}^[24].
• 12460 Mando's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1257.342559913727'}^[25].
• 12460 Mando's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+96.93697'}^[26].
• 12460 Mando's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+96.87728653079114'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12460 Mando's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

12460 Mando ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]