12817 Federica

Summary

12817 Federica is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12817 Federica is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 12817 Federica's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12817 Federica's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[5].
• 12817 Federica's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• 12817 Federica's follows is recorded as (12816) 1996 ES1^[7].
• 12817 Federica's followed by is recorded as Q137553^[8].
• 12817 Federica's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12817 Federica's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12817 Federica's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 FM16^[11].
• 12817 Federica's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 NT6^[12].
• 12817 Federica's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 SS122^[13].
• 12817 Federica's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 US33^[14].
• 12817 Federica's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-03-22T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 12817 Federica's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y229y^[16].
• 12817 Federica's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012817^[17].
• 12817 Federica's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 12817 Federica's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.02'}^[19].
• 12817 Federica's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0147618'}^[20].
• 12817 Federica's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0117388584551137'}^[21].
• 12817 Federica's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.6'}^[22].
• 12817 Federica's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.72'}^[23].
• 12817 Federica's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.83798'}^[24].
• 12817 Federica's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.838278754099276'}^[25].
• 12817 Federica's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.36'}^[26].
• 12817 Federica's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1955.561609483679'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12817 Federica's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

12817 Federica ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]