12983 Mattcox

Summary

12983 Mattcox is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12983 Mattcox is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 12983 Mattcox's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12983 Mattcox's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory^[5].
• 12983 Mattcox's follows is recorded as 12982 Kaseybond^[6].
• 12983 Mattcox's followed by is recorded as 12984 Lowry^[7].
• 12983 Mattcox's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 12983 Mattcox's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 12983 Mattcox's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 CU2^[10].
• 12983 Mattcox's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 XC82^[11].
• 12983 Mattcox's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 OH1^[12].
• 12983 Mattcox's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1979-07-24T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12983 Mattcox's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k1v967^[14].
• 12983 Mattcox's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012983^[15].
• 12983 Mattcox's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12983 Mattcox's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[17].
• 12983 Mattcox's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0676600'}^[18].
• 12983 Mattcox's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06528120156737521'}^[19].
• 12983 Mattcox's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.9'}^[20].
• 12983 Mattcox's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.0'}^[21].
• 12983 Mattcox's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.29577'}^[22].
• 12983 Mattcox's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+12.30652751471047'}^[23].
• 12983 Mattcox's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.69'}^[24].
• 12983 Mattcox's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+2076.883282173029'}^[25].
• 12983 Mattcox's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+137.14855'}^[26].
• 12983 Mattcox's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+137.0198082994014'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12983 Mattcox's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

12983 Mattcox 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]