12998 Thomas-Keprta

Summary

12998 Thomas-Keprta is an asteroid^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• 12998 Thomas-Keprta is credited with the discovery of Schelte J. Bus^[3].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Siding Spring Observatory^[5].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's follows is recorded as 12997 Lizjensen^[6].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's followed by is recorded as 12999 Toruń^[7].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 EB43^[10].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 EG3^[11].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-03-02T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k1vb19^[13].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012998^[14].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05'}^[16].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0542056'}^[17].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05559709612419'}^[18].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.5'}^[19].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.68'}^[20].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.97300'}^[21].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+1.967845455424807'}^[22].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4.0'}^[23].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1461.303119139566'}^[24].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+9.03593'}^[25].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+8.93576589591778'}^[26].
• 12998 Thomas-Keprta's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.5204900'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12998 Thomas-Keprta's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

12998 Thomas-Keprta has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]