12687 de Valory

Summary

12687 de Valory is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12687 de Valory is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 12687 de Valory is credited with the discovery of Guido Pizarro^[4].
• 12687 de Valory's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 12687 de Valory's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[6].
• 12687 de Valory's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[7].
• Louis Guy Henri de Valori is named after 12687 de Valory^[8].
• 12687 de Valory's follows is recorded as 12686 Bezuglyj^[9].
• 12687 de Valory's followed by is recorded as 12688 Baekeland^[10].
• 12687 de Valory's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 12687 de Valory's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 12687 de Valory's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 YS1^[13].
• 12687 de Valory's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 GT6^[14].
• 12687 de Valory's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-12-17T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 12687 de Valory's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c41kf6^[16].
• 12687 de Valory's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012687^[17].
• 12687 de Valory's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 12687 de Valory's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[19].
• 12687 de Valory's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1225962'}^[20].
• 12687 de Valory's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1227023039313368'}^[21].
• 12687 de Valory's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.2'}^[22].
• 12687 de Valory's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.25'}^[23].
• 12687 de Valory's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.01172'}^[24].
• 12687 de Valory's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+13.01085230426748'}^[25].
• 12687 de Valory's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.09'}^[26].
• 12687 de Valory's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1492.198961949139'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12687 de Valory's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Louis Guy Henri de Valori is named after 12687 de Valory^[8].

Why It Matters

12687 de Valory ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]