12981 Tracicase

Summary

12981 Tracicase is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12981 Tracicase is credited with the discovery of Eleanor F. Helin^[3].
• 12981 Tracicase is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[4].
• 12981 Tracicase's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 12981 Tracicase's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[6].
• 12981 Tracicase's follows is recorded as 12980 Pruetz^[7].
• 12981 Tracicase's followed by is recorded as 12982 Kaseybond^[8].
• 12981 Tracicase's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12981 Tracicase's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12981 Tracicase's provisional designation is recorded as 1996 HY19^[11].
• 12981 Tracicase's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 WV10^[12].
• 12981 Tracicase's provisional designation is recorded as 1978 VP3^[13].
• 12981 Tracicase's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1978-11-07T00:00:00Z^[14].
• 12981 Tracicase's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k1v961^[15].
• 12981 Tracicase's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012981^[16].
• 12981 Tracicase's significant event is recorded as naming^[17].
• 12981 Tracicase's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[18].
• 12981 Tracicase's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0734397'}^[19].
• 12981 Tracicase's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07372808360469299'}^[20].
• 12981 Tracicase's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.1'}^[21].
• 12981 Tracicase's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.2'}^[22].
• 12981 Tracicase's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.04486'}^[23].
• 12981 Tracicase's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.043987547502833'}^[24].
• 12981 Tracicase's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.13'}^[25].
• 12981 Tracicase's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1873.258002518303'}^[26].
• 12981 Tracicase's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+84.11896'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12981 Tracicase's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

Why It Matters

12981 Tracicase ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]