12861 Wacker

Summary

12861 Wacker is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 12861 Wacker is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 12861 Wacker's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12861 Wacker's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 12861 Wacker's follows is recorded as 12860 Turney^[6].
• 12861 Wacker's followed by is recorded as (12862) 1998 KV37^[7].
• 12861 Wacker's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 12861 Wacker's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 12861 Wacker's provisional designation is recorded as 1994 LC8^[10].
• 12861 Wacker's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 KW33^[11].
• 12861 Wacker's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-05-22T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 12861 Wacker's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03yktx9^[13].
• 12861 Wacker's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012861^[14].
• 12861 Wacker's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 12861 Wacker's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[16].
• 12861 Wacker's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1196739'}^[17].
• 12861 Wacker's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1197089425045657'}^[18].
• 12861 Wacker's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[19].
• 12861 Wacker's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.9'}^[20].
• 12861 Wacker's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.92915'}^[21].
• 12861 Wacker's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.93053594877409'}^[22].
• 12861 Wacker's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.13'}^[23].
• 12861 Wacker's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1510.014190843214'}^[24].
• 12861 Wacker's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+144.59679'}^[25].
• 12861 Wacker's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+144.5318143373502'}^[26].
• 12861 Wacker's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.5753302'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12861 Wacker's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

12861 Wacker has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]