12999 Toruń

Summary

12999 Toruń is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 12999 Toruń is credited with the discovery of Edward L. G. Bowell^[3].
• 12999 Toruń's image is recorded as 12999 Toruń monument.jpg^[4].
• 12999 Toruń's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 12999 Toruń's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Anderson Mesa Station^[6].
• Toruń is named after 12999 Toruń^[7].
• 12999 Toruń's follows is recorded as 12998 Thomas-Keprta^[8].
• 12999 Toruń's followed by is recorded as (13000) 1981 QK3^[9].
• 12999 Toruń's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 12999 Toruń's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 12999 Toruń's provisional designation is recorded as 1957 TF^[12].
• 12999 Toruń's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 QJ2^[13].
• 12999 Toruń's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QL8^[14].
• 12999 Toruń's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1981-08-30T00:00:00Z^[15].
• 12999 Toruń's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/046410h^[16].
• 12999 Toruń's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012999^[17].
• 12999 Toruń's significant event is recorded as naming^[18].
• 12999 Toruń's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.19'}^[19].
• 12999 Toruń's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1885454'}^[20].
• 12999 Toruń's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1884438231355091'}^[21].
• 12999 Toruń's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.8'}^[22].
• 12999 Toruń's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.97'}^[23].
• 12999 Toruń's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.76825'}^[24].
• 12999 Toruń's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.76803'}^[25].
• 12999 Toruń's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.76769014288463'}^[26].
• 12999 Toruń's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.43'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

12999 Toruń's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Toruń is named after 12999 Toruń^[7].

Why It Matters

12999 Toruń ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]