12494 Doughamilton

Summary

12494 Doughamilton is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12494 Doughamilton is credited with the discovery of Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking^[3].
• 12494 Doughamilton's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12494 Doughamilton's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Haleakalā Observatory^[5].
• 12494 Doughamilton's follows is recorded as 12493 Minkowski^[6].
• 12494 Doughamilton's followed by is recorded as (12495) 1998 FJ^[7].
• 12494 Doughamilton's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 12494 Doughamilton's minor planet group is recorded as inner asteroid belt^[9].
• 12494 Doughamilton's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12494 Doughamilton's provisional designation is recorded as 1988 OB^[11].
• 12494 Doughamilton's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 HR1^[12].
• 12494 Doughamilton's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 DH11^[13].
• 12494 Doughamilton's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-02-25T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 12494 Doughamilton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1h0l^[15].
• 12494 Doughamilton's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012494^[16].
• 12494 Doughamilton's asteroid family is recorded as Hungaria family^[17].
• 12494 Doughamilton's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 12494 Doughamilton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03'}^[19].
• 12494 Doughamilton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0315952'}^[20].
• 12494 Doughamilton's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03169693139009454'}^[21].
• 12494 Doughamilton's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[22].
• 12494 Doughamilton's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.79'}^[23].
• 12494 Doughamilton's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.73673'}^[24].
• 12494 Doughamilton's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.73974679002459'}^[25].
• 12494 Doughamilton's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+2.67'}^[26].
• 12494 Doughamilton's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+973.8300566068818'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12494 Doughamilton's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

12494 Doughamilton ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]