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12873 Clausewitz

asteroid
Asteroid Q544979

Facts

24 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +23
Follows
12872 Susiestevens[5]
Followed by
12874 Poisson[6]
Absolute magnitude
14.3, 14.48[17][18]
Apoapsis
2.639, 2.640015570258827
Argument of periapsis
26.87196, 27.24411788192693
Discoverer or inventor
Eric Walter Elst[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
297.71875, 297.6248234859499
Mean anomaly
273.25918, 211.4419940417298
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[7]
Named after
Carl von Clausewitz[4]
Orbital eccentricity
0.13 (0.13–0.13, n=3)[14][15][16]
Orbital inclination
5.33422, 5.340369374929261[19][20]
Orbital period
3.59, 1311.191341038929[21][22]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[8]
Periapsis
2.051196, 2.048928934813086
Provisional designation
1991 RJ14, 1993 BL13, 1998 OU7[9][10][11]
Rotation period
4.94161[23]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
2.3453244, 2.344472252535957
Significant event
naming[13]
Site of astronomical discovery
La Silla Observatory[3]
Time of discovery or invention
July 26, 1998[12]
Time of periapsis
2461541.5776973735
🏷️ Also known as
en 12873 Clausewitz en Clausewitz de (12873) Clausewitz fa سیارک ۱۲۸۷۳ ru 1993 BL13 ru 1998 OU7 ru Clausewitz ru Клаузевиц ru 1991 RJ14 ru (12873) 1998 OU7 ru (12873) Clausewitz ru (12873) Клаузевиц uk 12873 Клаусвітц zh 小行星12873
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y184b
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20012873
Minor Planet Center body ID
12873

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Eric Walter Elst
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
12874 Poisson
Followed by (predecessor) 1
12874 Poisson
Follows 1
12872 Susiestevens
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Named after 1
Carl von Clausewitz
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
12872 Susiestevens
Site of astronomical discovery 1
La Silla Observatory
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Summary

12873 Clausewitz is an asteroid[1].

Related Entities

Carl von Clausewitz Eric Walter Elst

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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