12994 Pitufo

Summary

12994 Pitufo is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12994 Pitufo is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 12994 Pitufo's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12994 Pitufo's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• smurf is named after 12994 Pitufo^[6].
• 12994 Pitufo's follows is recorded as 12993 Luisafernanda^[7].
• 12994 Pitufo's followed by is recorded as 12995 Wendellmendell^[8].
• 12994 Pitufo's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 12994 Pitufo's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 12994 Pitufo's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 ET27^[11].
• 12994 Pitufo's provisional designation is recorded as 1993 RG20^[12].
• 12994 Pitufo's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-02T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 12994 Pitufo's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k1vb0x^[14].
• 12994 Pitufo's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012994^[15].
• 12994 Pitufo's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 12994 Pitufo's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.03'}^[17].
• 12994 Pitufo's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0291072'}^[18].
• 12994 Pitufo's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.02592394237536901'}^[19].
• 12994 Pitufo's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}^[20].
• 12994 Pitufo's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.63'}^[21].
• 12994 Pitufo's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.21842'}^[22].
• 12994 Pitufo's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.21760696223947'}^[23].
• 12994 Pitufo's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.05'}^[24].
• 12994 Pitufo's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1850.737249729526'}^[25].
• 12994 Pitufo's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+167.63941'}^[26].
• 12994 Pitufo's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+167.4934690964572'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12994 Pitufo's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

smurf is named after 12994 Pitufo^[6].

Why It Matters

12994 Pitufo ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]