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12974 Halitherses

asteroid
Asteroid Q910389

Facts

27 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +26
Follows
12973 Melanthios[7]
Followed by
12975 Efremov[8]
Absolute magnitude
11.3, 11.42[21][22]
Albedo
0.087
Apoapsis
5.449, 5.456033684286938
Argument of periapsis
2.82264, 5.174434180268923
Diameter
24.746
Discoverer or inventor
Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Tom Gehrels[2][3][4]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Lagrangian point
L4-Jupiter-Sun[20]
Longitude of ascending node
15.15327, 15.16408201629918
Mean anomaly
306.16959, 144.4607969595094
Minor planet group
Jupiter trojan, Greek camp trojan asteroid[9][10]
Named after
Halitherses[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.05 (0.05–0.05, n=3)[17][18][19]
Orbital inclination
7.60713, 7.604644009524129[23]
Orbital period
11.79, 4319.062642628874
Parent astronomical body
Sun[11]
Periapsis
4.9132909, 4.924604317880108
Provisional designation
1973 SB2, 1996 RF32, 1998 WE18[12][13][14]
Rotation period
6.971
Semi-major axis of an orbit
5.1813867, 5.190319001083522
Significant event
naming[16]
Site of astronomical discovery
Palomar Observatory[5]
Time of discovery or invention
September 19, 1973[15]
Time of periapsis
2459267.346579244
🏷️ Also known as
en 12974 Halitherses en Halitherses en (12974) Halitherses ar هاليثيرسيس 12974 de (12974) Halithersès de (12974) Halitherses es (12974) Halitherses fa سیارک 12974 fa سیارک ۱۲۹۷۴ fr (12974) Halitherses pt (12974) Halitherses ru (12974) 1973 SB2 ru 1973 SB2 ru 1996 RF32 ru 1998 WE18 ru Halitherses sv 1973 SB2 zh 小行星12974
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y36z8
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20012974
Minor Planet Center body ID
12974

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Discoverer or inventor 3
Tom Gehrels, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Cornelis Johannes van Houten
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
12975 Efremov
Followed by (predecessor) 1
12975 Efremov
Follows 1
12973 Melanthios
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
Jupiter trojan
Named after 1
Halitherses
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
12973 Melanthios
Site of astronomical discovery 1
Palomar Observatory
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary

12974 Halitherses is an asteroid[1].

Related Entities

Cornelis Johannes van Houten Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld Tom Gehrels

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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