12640 Reinbertdeleeuw

Summary

12640 Reinbertdeleeuw is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Reinbert de Leeuw is named after 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw^[8].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's follows is recorded as 12639 Tonkoopman^[9].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's followed by is recorded as 12641 Hubertushenrichs^[10].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's provisional designation is recorded as 1231 T-2^[13].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 RC10^[14].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-29T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012640^[16].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[18].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0524098'}^[19].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05451583822131002'}^[20].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.7'}^[21].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.85'}^[22].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.87592'}^[23].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.872196804683714'}^[24].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.03'}^[25].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1835.056512260655'}^[26].
• 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.79007'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12640 Reinbertdeleeuw's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Reinbert de Leeuw is named after 12640 Reinbertdeleeuw^[8].

Why It Matters

12640 Reinbertdeleeuw ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]