12579 Ceva

Summary

12579 Ceva is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12579 Ceva is credited with the discovery of San Vittore Observatory^[3].
• 12579 Ceva's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12579 Ceva's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as San Vittore Observatory^[5].
• Giovanni Ceva is named after 12579 Ceva^[6].
• Tommaso Ceva is named after 12579 Ceva^[7].
• 12579 Ceva's follows is recorded as 12578 Bensaur^[8].
• 12579 Ceva's followed by is recorded as Q137371^[9].
• 12579 Ceva's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 12579 Ceva's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 12579 Ceva's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 TO12^[12].
• 12579 Ceva's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 CE19^[13].
• 12579 Ceva's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 HU102^[14].
• 12579 Ceva's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 RA28^[15].
• 12579 Ceva's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1999-09-05T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 12579 Ceva's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y15pz^[17].
• 12579 Ceva's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012579^[18].
• 12579 Ceva's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 12579 Ceva's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.19'}^[20].
• 12579 Ceva's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1858829'}^[21].
• 12579 Ceva's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1862997172174434'}^[22].
• 12579 Ceva's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[23].
• 12579 Ceva's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.44'}^[24].
• 12579 Ceva's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.58172'}^[25].
• 12579 Ceva's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.580969605242974'}^[26].
• 12579 Ceva's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.39'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12579 Ceva's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Things named after include Giovanni Ceva^[6], a mathematician^[28], 1647–1734^[29] and Tommaso Ceva^[7], a mathematician^[30], 1648–1737^[31].

Why It Matters

12579 Ceva ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]