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12668 Scottstarin

asteroid
Place asteroid Q19624964

Facts

23 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +22
Follows
(12667) 1979 DF[5]
Followed by
12669 Emilybrisnehan[6]
Absolute magnitude
14.1, 14.25[16][17]
Albedo
0.119
Apoapsis
2.904, 2.913934834102847
Argument of periapsis
297.05247, 299.6862168308582
Discoverer or inventor
Eleanor F. Helin, Schelte J. Bus[2][3]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
268.99712, 268.6835485984128[22][23]
Mean anomaly
291.16264, 78.59836152148848
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Orbital eccentricity
0.05 (0.04–0.05, n=3)[13][14][15]
Orbital inclination
3.51078, 3.505835460804631[18][19]
Orbital period
4.64, 1694.30914110657[20][21]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.659635, 2.648857067297593
Provisional designation
1995 YW25, 1979 MX1[9][10]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.7816089, 2.78139595070022
Significant event
naming[12]
Site of astronomical discovery
Siding Spring Observatory[4]
Time of discovery or invention
June 25, 1979[11]
Time of periapsis
2460630.583548884
🏷️ Also known as
en (12668) 1979 MX1 en 12668 Scottstarin en 1979 MX1 de (12668) Scottstarin sv (12668) 1979 MX1 zh 小行星12668
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/0k04z0_
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20012668
Minor Planet Center body ID
12668
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet12668Provisional1979MX1"]

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 2
Eleanor F. Helin, Schelte J. Bus
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
12669 Emilybrisnehan
Followed by (predecessor) 1
12669 Emilybrisnehan
Follows 1
(12667) 1979 DF
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
(12667) 1979 DF
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Siding Spring Observatory
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Summary

12668 Scottstarin is an asteroid[1].

Related Entities

Eleanor F. Helin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . iau.org. iau.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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