12530 Richardson

Summary

12530 Richardson is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12530 Richardson is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 12530 Richardson's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12530 Richardson's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 12530 Richardson's follows is recorded as 12529 Reighard^[6].
• 12530 Richardson's followed by is recorded as (12531) 1998 KQ51^[7].
• 12530 Richardson's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 12530 Richardson's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 12530 Richardson's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 VR5^[10].
• 12530 Richardson's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 CC1^[11].
• 12530 Richardson's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 KO46^[12].
• 12530 Richardson's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-05-22T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12530 Richardson's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y84vj^[14].
• 12530 Richardson's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012530^[15].
• 12530 Richardson's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12530 Richardson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}^[17].
• 12530 Richardson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0563485'}^[18].
• 12530 Richardson's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05450008960843735'}^[19].
• 12530 Richardson's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[20].
• 12530 Richardson's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.41'}^[21].
• 12530 Richardson's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.59744'}^[22].
• 12530 Richardson's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.601302698208295'}^[23].
• 12530 Richardson's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.2'}^[24].
• 12530 Richardson's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1536.324948675255'}^[25].
• 12530 Richardson's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+123.66789'}^[26].
• 12530 Richardson's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+123.6040269744999'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12530 Richardson's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

12530 Richardson ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]