12714 Alkimos

Summary

12714 Alkimos is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12714 Alkimos is credited with the discovery of Carolyn S. Shoemaker^[3].
• 12714 Alkimos is credited with the discovery of Eugene Merle Shoemaker^[4].
• 12714 Alkimos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 12714 Alkimos's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• Alcimus is named after 12714 Alkimos^[7].
• 12714 Alkimos's follows is recorded as (12713) 1991 FY3^[8].
• 12714 Alkimos's followed by is recorded as 12715 Godin^[9].
• 12714 Alkimos's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[10].
• 12714 Alkimos's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[11].
• 12714 Alkimos's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 12714 Alkimos's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 EY1^[13].
• 12714 Alkimos's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 GX1^[14].
• 12714 Alkimos's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-04-15T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 12714 Alkimos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0qrp^[16].
• 12714 Alkimos's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012714^[17].
• 12714 Alkimos's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 12714 Alkimos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.037'}^[19].
• 12714 Alkimos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0356332'}^[20].
• 12714 Alkimos's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03762438583120135'}^[21].
• 12714 Alkimos's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[22].
• 12714 Alkimos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.2'}^[23].
• 12714 Alkimos's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+10.26'}^[24].
• 12714 Alkimos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.50668'}^[25].
• 12714 Alkimos's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.50013441094025'}^[26].
• 12714 Alkimos's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+11.97'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12714 Alkimos's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Alcimus is named after 12714 Alkimos^[7].

Why It Matters

12714 Alkimos ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]