12898 Mignard

Summary

12898 Mignard is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12898 Mignard is credited with the discovery of Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search^[3].
• 12898 Mignard's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12898 Mignard's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[5].
• François Mignard is named after 12898 Mignard^[6].
• 12898 Mignard's follows is recorded as 12897 Bougeret^[7].
• 12898 Mignard's followed by is recorded as (12899) 1998 RN13^[8].
• 12898 Mignard's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12898 Mignard's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12898 Mignard's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 LD6^[11].
• 12898 Mignard's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 RK6^[12].
• 12898 Mignard's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-09-14T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12898 Mignard's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7gkz^[14].
• 12898 Mignard's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012898^[15].
• 12898 Mignard's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12898 Mignard's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[17].
• 12898 Mignard's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1480822'}^[18].
• 12898 Mignard's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.14707832341063'}^[19].
• 12898 Mignard's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.2'}^[20].
• 12898 Mignard's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.43'}^[21].
• 12898 Mignard's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.38534'}^[22].
• 12898 Mignard's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.390177574867194'}^[23].
• 12898 Mignard's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.66'}^[24].
• 12898 Mignard's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2068.320366240393'}^[25].
• 12898 Mignard's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+151.08837'}^[26].
• 12898 Mignard's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+151.0189084016418'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12898 Mignard's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

François Mignard is named after 12898 Mignard^[6].

Why It Matters

12898 Mignard ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]