12615 Mendesdeleon

Summary

12615 Mendesdeleon is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12615 Mendesdeleon is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's follows is recorded as Q339073^[8].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's followed by is recorded as Q948530^[9].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's provisional designation is recorded as 4626 P-L^[12].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-09-24T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c41v41^[14].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012615^[15].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[17].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0558996'}^[18].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05587709004123317'}^[19].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}^[20].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.21'}^[21].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.98323'}^[22].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.978312396094526'}^[23].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.86'}^[24].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1773.576174578602'}^[25].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+28.12630'}^[26].
• 12615 Mendesdeleon's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+27.99940194681877'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12615 Mendesdeleon's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

Why It Matters

12615 Mendesdeleon ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]