12716 Delft

Summary

12716 Delft is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 12716 Delft is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 12716 Delft's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12716 Delft's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Delft is named after 12716 Delft^[6].
• 12716 Delft followed 12715 Godin^[7].
• 12716 Delft was followed by (12717) 1991 HK^[8].
• 12716 Delft's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12716 Delft's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12716 Delft's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 GD8^[11].
• 12716 Delft's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QC69^[12].
• 12716 Delft's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-04-08T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12716 Delft's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 12716 Delft's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.04'}^[15].
• 12716 Delft's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0390190'}^[16].
• 12716 Delft's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.04269735039122986'}^[17].
• 12716 Delft's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.6'}^[18].
• 12716 Delft's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.78'}^[19].
• 12716 Delft's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.29299'}^[20].
• 12716 Delft's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.288175801713752'}^[21].
• 12716 Delft's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.35'}^[22].
• 12716 Delft's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1948.604165473961'}^[23].
• 12716 Delft's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+218.52033'}^[24].
• 12716 Delft's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+218.4314072379801'}^[25].
• 12716 Delft's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.0590035'}^[26].
• 12716 Delft's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+3.053164001371744'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

12716 Delft's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Delft is named after 12716 Delft^[6].

Why It Matters

12716 Delft has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]