12492 Tanais

Summary

12492 Tanais is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 12492 Tanais is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 12492 Tanais's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12492 Tanais's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[5].
• 12492 Tanais's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• Don is named after 12492 Tanais^[7].
• 12492 Tanais's follows is recorded as 12491 Musschenbroek^[8].
• 12492 Tanais's followed by is recorded as 12493 Minkowski^[9].
• 12492 Tanais's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 12492 Tanais's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 12492 Tanais's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 VH2^[12].
• 12492 Tanais's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 JP16^[13].
• 12492 Tanais's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-05-03T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 12492 Tanais's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0463x3c^[15].
• 12492 Tanais's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012492^[16].
• 12492 Tanais's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 12492 Tanais's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}^[18].
• 12492 Tanais's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0416961'}^[19].
• 12492 Tanais's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04279263790670489'}^[20].
• 12492 Tanais's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.1'}^[21].
• 12492 Tanais's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.21'}^[22].
• 12492 Tanais's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.54664'}^[23].
• 12492 Tanais's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.55107299986402'}^[24].
• 12492 Tanais's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.86'}^[25].
• 12492 Tanais's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1772.566655204879'}^[26].
• 12492 Tanais's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+3.007'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12492 Tanais's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Don is named after 12492 Tanais^[7].

Why It Matters

12492 Tanais has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]