12464 Manhattan

Summary

12464 Manhattan is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12464 Manhattan is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 12464 Manhattan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12464 Manhattan's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[5].
• Manhattan is named after 12464 Manhattan^[6].
• 12464 Manhattan's follows is recorded as (12463) 1997 AL7^[7].
• 12464 Manhattan's followed by is recorded as 12465 Perth Amboy^[8].
• 12464 Manhattan's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12464 Manhattan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12464 Manhattan's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 YE9^[11].
• 12464 Manhattan's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 AH8^[12].
• 12464 Manhattan's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-01-02T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12464 Manhattan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y796d^[14].
• 12464 Manhattan's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012464^[15].
• 12464 Manhattan's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12464 Manhattan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}^[17].
• 12464 Manhattan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0581099'}^[18].
• 12464 Manhattan's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05836395998705225'}^[19].
• 12464 Manhattan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[20].
• 12464 Manhattan's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.99'}^[21].
• 12464 Manhattan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.35700'}^[22].
• 12464 Manhattan's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.360965877271149'}^[23].
• 12464 Manhattan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.48'}^[24].
• 12464 Manhattan's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1270.111236858526'}^[25].
• 12464 Manhattan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+133.34280'}^[26].
• 12464 Manhattan's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+133.2231711921909'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12464 Manhattan's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Manhattan is named after 12464 Manhattan^[6].

Why It Matters

12464 Manhattan ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]