12818 Tomhanks

Summary

12818 Tomhanks is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 12818 Tomhanks is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 12818 Tomhanks's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12818 Tomhanks's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[5].
• Tom Hanks is named after 12818 Tomhanks^[6].
• 12818 Tomhanks followed 12817 Federica^[7].
• 12818 Tomhanks was followed by 12819 Susumutakahasi^[8].
• 12818 Tomhanks's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12818 Tomhanks's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12818 Tomhanks's provisional designation is recorded as 1982 DC4^[11].
• 12818 Tomhanks's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 LY2^[12].
• 12818 Tomhanks's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 GU8^[13].
• 12818 Tomhanks's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1996-04-13T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 12818 Tomhanks's significant event is recorded as Apollo 13^[15].
• 12818 Tomhanks's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.06'}^[16].
• 12818 Tomhanks's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.0606419'}^[17].
• 12818 Tomhanks's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.05819743759706317'}^[18].
• 12818 Tomhanks's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.8'}^[19].
• 12818 Tomhanks's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.92'}^[20].
• 12818 Tomhanks's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.85412'}^[21].
• 12818 Tomhanks's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+3.851526557383064'}^[22].
• 12818 Tomhanks's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+4.53'}^[23].
• 12818 Tomhanks's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1655.212822022158'}^[24].
• 12818 Tomhanks's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+77.47810'}^[25].
• 12818 Tomhanks's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+77.44188921638377'}^[26].
• 12818 Tomhanks's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.7380532'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

12818 Tomhanks's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Origins

Tom Hanks is named after 12818 Tomhanks^[6].

Why It Matters

12818 Tomhanks has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]