12893 Mommert

Summary

12893 Mommert is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12893 Mommert is credited with the discovery of OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey^[3].
• 12893 Mommert's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12893 Mommert's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Caussols^[5].
• Michael Mommert is named after 12893 Mommert^[6].
• 12893 Mommert followed (12892) 1998 QE52^[7].
• 12893 Mommert was followed by (12894) 1998 QN73^[8].
• 12893 Mommert's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12893 Mommert's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12893 Mommert's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QS55^[11].
• 12893 Mommert's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 SX7^[12].
• 12893 Mommert's time of discovery or invention is recorded as August 26, 1998^[13].
• 12893 Mommert's significant event is recorded as naming^[14].
• 12893 Mommert's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[15].
• 12893 Mommert's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0704341'}^[16].
• 12893 Mommert's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06845315350471051'}^[17].
• 12893 Mommert's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}^[18].
• 12893 Mommert's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.03'}^[19].
• 12893 Mommert's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.32904'}^[20].
• 12893 Mommert's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.334035875156633'}^[21].
• 12893 Mommert's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.76'}^[22].
• 12893 Mommert's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1738.796325079904'}^[23].
• 12893 Mommert's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+185.50189'}^[24].
• 12893 Mommert's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+185.376906279176'}^[25].
• 12893 Mommert's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.8291837'}^[26].
• 12893 Mommert's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.829872428562002'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12893 Mommert's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Michael Mommert is named after 12893 Mommert^[6].

Why It Matters

12893 Mommert ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]