13259 Bhat

Summary

13259 Bhat is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 13259 Bhat is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 13259 Bhat's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 13259 Bhat's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• 13259 Bhat's follows is recorded as 13258 Bej^[6].
• 13259 Bhat's followed by is recorded as Q2356010^[7].
• 13259 Bhat's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 13259 Bhat's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 13259 Bhat's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 PA4^[10].
• 13259 Bhat's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 BK9^[11].
• 13259 Bhat's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 QA15^[12].
• 13259 Bhat's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-08-17T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 13259 Bhat's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y0_6p^[14].
• 13259 Bhat's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20013259^[15].
• 13259 Bhat's significant event is recorded as naming^[16].
• 13259 Bhat's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.12'}^[17].
• 13259 Bhat's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1201590'}^[18].
• 13259 Bhat's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1204319745828052'}^[19].
• 13259 Bhat's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}^[20].
• 13259 Bhat's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.66'}^[21].
• 13259 Bhat's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.27847'}^[22].
• 13259 Bhat's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.284118053923433'}^[23].
• 13259 Bhat's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.6'}^[24].
• 13259 Bhat's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1313.544678276399'}^[25].
• 13259 Bhat's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+156.67792'}^[26].
• 13259 Bhat's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+156.5250311291498'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

13259 Bhat's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

13259 Bhat ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]