12497 Ekkehard

Summary

12497 Ekkehard is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12497 Ekkehard is credited with the discovery of OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey^[3].
• 12497 Ekkehard's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12497 Ekkehard's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Centre de recherches en géodynamique et astrométrie^[5].
• Ekkehard Kührt is named after 12497 Ekkehard^[6].
• 12497 Ekkehard's follows is recorded as 12496 Ekholm^[7].
• 12497 Ekkehard's followed by is recorded as 12498 Dragesco^[8].
• 12497 Ekkehard's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12497 Ekkehard's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12497 Ekkehard's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 FQ14^[11].
• 12497 Ekkehard's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 TR6^[12].
• 12497 Ekkehard's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-03-26T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12497 Ekkehard's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k01r51^[14].
• 12497 Ekkehard's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012497^[15].
• 12497 Ekkehard's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12497 Ekkehard's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.29'}^[17].
• 12497 Ekkehard's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2890605'}^[18].
• 12497 Ekkehard's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2887735271546785'}^[19].
• 12497 Ekkehard's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[20].
• 12497 Ekkehard's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.87'}^[21].
• 12497 Ekkehard's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.88380'}^[22].
• 12497 Ekkehard's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.88642689671195'}^[23].
• 12497 Ekkehard's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.39'}^[24].
• 12497 Ekkehard's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1603.87160908915'}^[25].
• 12497 Ekkehard's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+205.92807'}^[26].
• 12497 Ekkehard's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+205.8767013320639'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12497 Ekkehard's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Ekkehard Kührt is named after 12497 Ekkehard^[6].

Why It Matters

12497 Ekkehard ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]