12776 Reynolds

Summary

12776 Reynolds is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12776 Reynolds is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 12776 Reynolds's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12776 Reynolds's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[5].
• Osborne Reynolds is named after 12776 Reynolds^[6].
• 12776 Reynolds's follows is recorded as 12775 Brackett^[7].
• 12776 Reynolds's followed by is recorded as 12777 Manuel^[8].
• 12776 Reynolds's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12776 Reynolds's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12776 Reynolds's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 PT31^[11].
• 12776 Reynolds's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 GH15^[12].
• 12776 Reynolds's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1994-08-12T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12776 Reynolds's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y84k7^[14].
• 12776 Reynolds's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012776^[15].
• 12776 Reynolds's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12776 Reynolds's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}^[17].
• 12776 Reynolds's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0554240'}^[18].
• 12776 Reynolds's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05573247272332592'}^[19].
• 12776 Reynolds's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.6'}^[20].
• 12776 Reynolds's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[21].
• 12776 Reynolds's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.57266'}^[22].
• 12776 Reynolds's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.572584804935042'}^[23].
• 12776 Reynolds's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.1'}^[24].
• 12776 Reynolds's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1496.315876234121'}^[25].
• 12776 Reynolds's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+210.84456'}^[26].
• 12776 Reynolds's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+210.7739257641635'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12776 Reynolds's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Osborne Reynolds is named after 12776 Reynolds^[6].

Why It Matters

12776 Reynolds ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]