12490 Leiden

Summary

12490 Leiden is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 12490 Leiden is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 12490 Leiden's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12490 Leiden's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Leiden is named after 12490 Leiden^[6].
• 12490 Leiden followed (12489) 1997 GR36^[7].
• 12490 Leiden was followed by 12491 Musschenbroek^[8].
• 12490 Leiden's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12490 Leiden's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12490 Leiden's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 GH9^[11].
• 12490 Leiden's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 JB13^[12].
• 12490 Leiden's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-05-03T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12490 Leiden's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 12490 Leiden's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.12'}^[15].
• 12490 Leiden's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1201262'}^[16].
• 12490 Leiden's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1307682273623583'}^[17].
• 12490 Leiden's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.4'}^[18].
• 12490 Leiden's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.49'}^[19].
• 12490 Leiden's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.95702'}^[20].
• 12490 Leiden's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.9717420485948317'}^[21].
• 12490 Leiden's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.73'}^[22].
• 12490 Leiden's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2081.81450145009'}^[23].
• 12490 Leiden's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+146.46373'}^[24].
• 12490 Leiden's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+146.8592762181077'}^[25].
• 12490 Leiden's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.2032812'}^[26].
• 12490 Leiden's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.190771725924511'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

12490 Leiden's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Leiden is named after 12490 Leiden^[6].

Why It Matters

12490 Leiden has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]