12868 Onken

Summary

12868 Onken is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12868 Onken is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 12868 Onken's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12868 Onken's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• 12868 Onken's follows is recorded as 12867 Joëloïc^[6].
• 12868 Onken's followed by is recorded as 12869 Ejiaga^[7].
• 12868 Onken's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 12868 Onken's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 12868 Onken's provisional designation is recorded as 1987 QC11^[10].
• 12868 Onken's provisional designation is recorded as 1992 KT^[11].
• 12868 Onken's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 MZ7^[12].
• 12868 Onken's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-06-19T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12868 Onken's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7vm7^[14].
• 12868 Onken's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012868^[15].
• 12868 Onken's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12868 Onken's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.29'}^[17].
• 12868 Onken's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2876732'}^[18].
• 12868 Onken's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2853423657063634'}^[19].
• 12868 Onken's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.8'}^[20].
• 12868 Onken's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.94'}^[21].
• 12868 Onken's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.16082'}^[22].
• 12868 Onken's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.1460707928308'}^[23].
• 12868 Onken's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.48'}^[24].
• 12868 Onken's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2003.415982691775'}^[25].
• 12868 Onken's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+115.0'}^[26].
• 12868 Onken's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+246.84100'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12868 Onken's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

12868 Onken ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]