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12561 Howard

asteroid
Asteroid Q948974

Facts

22 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +21
Follows
(12560) 1998 RC58[4]
Followed by
12562 Briangrazer[5]
Absolute magnitude
12.8, 12.92[16][17]
Apoapsis
3.532 au, 3.535601809015039 au
Argument of periapsis
155.21089°, 153.7321949910866°
Discoverer or inventor
Spacewatch[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
43.02907°, 42.92086259773043°[22][23]
Mean anomaly
355.30440°, 142.2918697486948°
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.14 (0.14–0.14, n=3)[13][14][15]
Orbital inclination
0.76458°, 0.7620763212919227°[18][19]
Orbital period
5.46 year, 1,993.777198541318 day[20][21]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
2.6712625 au, 2.664737563728864 au
Provisional designation
1990 DT7, 1991 MB, 1998 SX7[8][9][10]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
3.1017826 au, 3.100169686371951 au
Significant event
naming[12]
Site of astronomical discovery
Kitt Peak National Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
September 20, 1998[11]
Time of periapsis
2,460,212.4492071033 Julian day
🏷️ Also known as
en Howard en 12561 Howard de (12561) Howard fa سیارک ۱۲۵۶۱ ru Howard ru 1990 DT7 ru (12561) 1998 SX7 ru 1991 MB ru 1998 SX7 uk 12561 Говард zh 小行星12561
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y3y88
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20012561
Minor Planet Center body ID
12561

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Spacewatch
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
12562 Briangrazer
Followed by (predecessor) 1
12562 Briangrazer
Follows 1
(12560) 1998 RC58
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
(12560) 1998 RC58
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Kitt Peak National Observatory
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Summary

12561 Howard is an asteroid[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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