12578 Bensaur

Summary

12578 Bensaur is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12578 Bensaur is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 12578 Bensaur's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12578 Bensaur's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 12578 Bensaur's follows is recorded as 12577 Samra^[6].
• 12578 Bensaur's followed by is recorded as 12579 Ceva^[7].
• 12578 Bensaur's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 12578 Bensaur's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 12578 Bensaur's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 RF7^[10].
• 12578 Bensaur's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 KS1^[11].
• 12578 Bensaur's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RF17^[12].
• 12578 Bensaur's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-09-07T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12578 Bensaur's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0z82^[14].
• 12578 Bensaur's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012578^[15].
• 12578 Bensaur's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12578 Bensaur's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.13'}^[17].
• 12578 Bensaur's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1269325'}^[18].
• 12578 Bensaur's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1272192731659002'}^[19].
• 12578 Bensaur's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.0'}^[20].
• 12578 Bensaur's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.12'}^[21].
• 12578 Bensaur's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.26003'}^[22].
• 12578 Bensaur's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.266148021640482'}^[23].
• 12578 Bensaur's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.49'}^[24].
• 12578 Bensaur's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1274.890281223995'}^[25].
• 12578 Bensaur's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+6.008'}^[26].
• 12578 Bensaur's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+327.53097'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12578 Bensaur's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

12578 Bensaur 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 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]