12696 Camus

Summary

12696 Camus is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12696 Camus is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 12696 Camus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12696 Camus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[5].
• 12696 Camus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• Albert Camus is named after 12696 Camus^[7].
• 12696 Camus's follows is recorded as 12695 Utrecht^[8].
• 12696 Camus's followed by is recorded as 12697 Verhaeren^[9].
• 12696 Camus's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 12696 Camus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 12696 Camus's provisional designation is recorded as 1989 SF1^[12].
• 12696 Camus's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 QL2^[13].
• 12696 Camus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1989-09-26T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 12696 Camus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03nwmdb^[15].
• 12696 Camus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012696^[16].
• 12696 Camus's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 12696 Camus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14'}^[18].
• 12696 Camus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1430512'}^[19].
• 12696 Camus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1452146855323481'}^[20].
• 12696 Camus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.5'}^[21].
• 12696 Camus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.73'}^[22].
• 12696 Camus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.99240'}^[23].
• 12696 Camus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.99372586685432'}^[24].
• 12696 Camus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.25'}^[25].
• 12696 Camus's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1549.144168213889'}^[26].
• 12696 Camus's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+3.78'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12696 Camus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Albert Camus is named after 12696 Camus^[7].

Why It Matters

12696 Camus ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]