12539 Chaikin

Summary

12539 Chaikin is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12539 Chaikin is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 12539 Chaikin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12539 Chaikin's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[5].
• Andrew Chaikin is named after 12539 Chaikin^[6].
• 12539 Chaikin's follows is recorded as (12538) 1998 OH^[7].
• 12539 Chaikin's followed by is recorded as Q735394^[8].
• 12539 Chaikin's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12539 Chaikin's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12539 Chaikin's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 UA9^[11].
• 12539 Chaikin's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 EV48^[12].
• 12539 Chaikin's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 OP2^[13].
• 12539 Chaikin's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-07-16T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 12539 Chaikin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y15td^[15].
• 12539 Chaikin's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012539^[16].
• 12539 Chaikin's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 12539 Chaikin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}^[18].
• 12539 Chaikin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0569984'}^[19].
• 12539 Chaikin's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06007379538525576'}^[20].
• 12539 Chaikin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[21].
• 12539 Chaikin's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.86'}^[22].
• 12539 Chaikin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.73420'}^[23].
• 12539 Chaikin's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.729966838177758'}^[24].
• 12539 Chaikin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.53'}^[25].
• 12539 Chaikin's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1652.148639068954'}^[26].
• 12539 Chaikin's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+296.68655'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12539 Chaikin's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Andrew Chaikin is named after 12539 Chaikin^[6].

Why It Matters

12539 Chaikin ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]