12540 Picander

Summary

12540 Picander is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 12540 Picander is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 12540 Picander's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12540 Picander's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Christian Friedrich Henrici is named after 12540 Picander^[6].
• 12540 Picander's follows is recorded as 12539 Chaikin^[7].
• 12540 Picander's followed by is recorded as 12541 Makarska^[8].
• 12540 Picander's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12540 Picander's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12540 Picander's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 TM2^[11].
• 12540 Picander's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 WW7^[12].
• 12540 Picander's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 DA5^[13].
• 12540 Picander's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 OU9^[14].
• 12540 Picander's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-07-26T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 12540 Picander's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7_9v^[16].
• 12540 Picander's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012540^[17].
• 12540 Picander's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 12540 Picander's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.02'}^[19].
• 12540 Picander's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0176473'}^[20].
• 12540 Picander's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.01547829225461089'}^[21].
• 12540 Picander's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.1'}^[22].
• 12540 Picander's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.23'}^[23].
• 12540 Picander's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.89343'}^[24].
• 12540 Picander's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+0.8969091813218726'}^[25].
• 12540 Picander's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.93'}^[26].
• 12540 Picander's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1801.972189562226'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

12540 Picander is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].

Why It Matters

12540 Picander has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]