12972 Eumaios

Summary

12972 Eumaios is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12972 Eumaios is credited with the discovery of Cornelis Johannes van Houten^[3].
• 12972 Eumaios is credited with the discovery of Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld^[4].
• 12972 Eumaios is credited with the discovery of Tom Gehrels^[5].
• 12972 Eumaios's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].
• 12972 Eumaios's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[7].
• Eumaeus is named after 12972 Eumaios^[8].
• 12972 Eumaios's follows is recorded as (12971) 4054 T-3^[9].
• 12972 Eumaios's followed by is recorded as 12973 Melanthios^[10].
• 12972 Eumaios's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[11].
• 12972 Eumaios's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[12].
• 12972 Eumaios's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 12972 Eumaios's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 SF1^[14].
• 12972 Eumaios's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 VP4^[15].
• 12972 Eumaios's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1973-09-19T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 12972 Eumaios's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y1lvz^[17].
• 12972 Eumaios's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012972^[18].
• 12972 Eumaios's significant event is recorded as naming^[19].
• 12972 Eumaios's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[20].
• 12972 Eumaios's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1515124'}^[21].
• 12972 Eumaios's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1511058820713416'}^[22].
• 12972 Eumaios's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[23].
• 12972 Eumaios's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.6'}^[24].
• 12972 Eumaios's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.76'}^[25].
• 12972 Eumaios's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.44210'}^[26].
• 12972 Eumaios's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.438455530887877'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12972 Eumaios's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[6].

History and Context

Eumaeus is named after 12972 Eumaios^[8].

Why It Matters

12972 Eumaios ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]