12682 Kawada

Summary

12682 Kawada is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12682 Kawada is credited with the discovery of Hiroki Kosai^[3].
• 12682 Kawada is credited with the discovery of Kiichirō Furukawa^[4].
• 12682 Kawada's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 12682 Kawada's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kiso Observatory^[6].
• 12682 Kawada's follows is recorded as 12681 Pevear^[7].
• 12682 Kawada's followed by is recorded as (12683) 1983 RP3^[8].
• 12682 Kawada's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12682 Kawada's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12682 Kawada's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 VC3^[11].
• 12682 Kawada's provisional designation is recorded as 1986 TA2^[12].
• 12682 Kawada's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1982-11-14T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12682 Kawada's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y5k1n^[14].
• 12682 Kawada's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012682^[15].
• 12682 Kawada's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12682 Kawada's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.27'}^[17].
• 12682 Kawada's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2740518'}^[18].
• 12682 Kawada's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2743850074961685'}^[19].
• 12682 Kawada's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.3'}^[20].
• 12682 Kawada's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}^[21].
• 12682 Kawada's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.90645'}^[22].
• 12682 Kawada's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.900483861526184'}^[23].
• 12682 Kawada's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.19'}^[24].
• 12682 Kawada's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1533.866004918996'}^[25].
• 12682 Kawada's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+75.59241'}^[26].
• 12682 Kawada's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+75.5256639704732'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12682 Kawada's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

12682 Kawada ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]