12542 Laver

Summary

12542 Laver is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 12542 Laver is credited with the discovery of John Broughton^[3].
• 12542 Laver's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12542 Laver's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Reedy Creek Observatory^[5].
• Rod Laver is named after 12542 Laver^[6].
• 12542 Laver's follows is recorded as 12541 Makarska^[7].
• 12542 Laver's followed by is recorded as (12543) 1998 QM5^[8].
• 12542 Laver's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12542 Laver's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12542 Laver's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 TF23^[11].
• 12542 Laver's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 HQ17^[12].
• 12542 Laver's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 PN1^[13].
• 12542 Laver's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-08-10T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 12542 Laver's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7264^[15].
• 12542 Laver's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012542^[16].
• 12542 Laver's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 12542 Laver's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.15'}^[18].
• 12542 Laver's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1456980'}^[19].
• 12542 Laver's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1443881691729972'}^[20].
• 12542 Laver's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.7'}^[21].
• 12542 Laver's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.98'}^[22].
• 12542 Laver's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.05631'}^[23].
• 12542 Laver's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+5.055193704766139'}^[24].
• 12542 Laver's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.65'}^[25].
• 12542 Laver's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2064.357446987264'}^[26].
• 12542 Laver's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+34.26422'}^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

12542 Laver is credited with the discovery of John Broughton^[3].

Why It Matters

12542 Laver has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]