12895 Balbastre

Summary

12895 Balbastre is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12895 Balbastre is credited with the discovery of Eric Walter Elst^[3].
• 12895 Balbastre's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12895 Balbastre's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as European Southern Observatory^[5].
• 12895 Balbastre's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory^[6].
• Claude Balbastre is named after 12895 Balbastre^[7].
• 12895 Balbastre's follows is recorded as (12894) 1998 QN73^[8].
• 12895 Balbastre's followed by is recorded as 12896 Geoffroy^[9].
• 12895 Balbastre's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 12895 Balbastre's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 12895 Balbastre's provisional designation is recorded as 1990 CP^[12].
• 12895 Balbastre's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 PN25^[13].
• 12895 Balbastre's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 GH39^[14].
• 12895 Balbastre's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QO99^[15].
• 12895 Balbastre's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-08-26T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 12895 Balbastre's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0x1p^[17].
• 12895 Balbastre's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012895^[18].
• 12895 Balbastre's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 12895 Balbastre's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.10'}^[20].
• 12895 Balbastre's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1044106'}^[21].
• 12895 Balbastre's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1050183432966336'}^[22].
• 12895 Balbastre's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.7'}^[23].
• 12895 Balbastre's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.87'}^[24].
• 12895 Balbastre's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.11742'}^[25].
• 12895 Balbastre's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.115583535121886'}^[26].
• 12895 Balbastre's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.35'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12895 Balbastre's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Claude Balbastre is named after 12895 Balbastre^[7].

Why It Matters

12895 Balbastre ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]