12608 Aesop

Summary

12608 Aesop is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 12608 Aesop is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 12608 Aesop is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 12608 Aesop is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 12608 Aesop's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 12608 Aesop's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Aesop is named after 12608 Aesop^[8].
• 12608 Aesop followed Q949112^[9].
• 12608 Aesop was followed by Q612683^[10].
• 12608 Aesop's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 12608 Aesop's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 12608 Aesop's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 WR13^[13].
• 12608 Aesop's provisional designation is recorded as 2091 P-L^[14].
• 12608 Aesop's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 12608 Aesop's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12608 Aesop's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.12'}^[17].
• 12608 Aesop's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1171755'}^[18].
• 12608 Aesop's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1172142950630866'}^[19].
• 12608 Aesop's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.3'}^[20].
• 12608 Aesop's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.43'}^[21].
• 12608 Aesop's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.52197'}^[22].
• 12608 Aesop's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.521059032688783'}^[23].
• 12608 Aesop's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.54'}^[24].
• 12608 Aesop's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1290.895022865862'}^[25].
• 12608 Aesop's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+248.36715'}^[26].
• 12608 Aesop's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+248.3077681236308'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

12608 Aesop's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

Origins

Aesop is named after 12608 Aesop^[8].

Why It Matters

12608 Aesop has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]