12650 de Vries

Summary

12650 de Vries is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12650 de Vries is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 12650 de Vries is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 12650 de Vries is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 12650 de Vries's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 12650 de Vries's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• 12650 de Vries's follows is recorded as Q910480^[8].
• 12650 de Vries's followed by is recorded as Q1480284^[9].
• 12650 de Vries's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 12650 de Vries's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 12650 de Vries's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 HG2^[12].
• 12650 de Vries's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 NV2^[13].
• 12650 de Vries's provisional designation is recorded as 2247 T-3^[14].
• 12650 de Vries's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1977-10-16T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 12650 de Vries's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k04sr3^[16].
• 12650 de Vries's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012650^[17].
• 12650 de Vries's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 12650 de Vries's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.21'}^[19].
• 12650 de Vries's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2127385'}^[20].
• 12650 de Vries's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2113363561389784'}^[21].
• 12650 de Vries's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.0'}^[22].
• 12650 de Vries's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.12'}^[23].
• 12650 de Vries's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.10468'}^[24].
• 12650 de Vries's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.10491235933606'}^[25].
• 12650 de Vries's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.63'}^[26].
• 12650 de Vries's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1326.283707453137'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12650 de Vries's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

Why It Matters

12650 de Vries ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]