2012 KT42

Summary

2012 KT42 is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2012 KT42's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[3].
• 2012 KT42's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[4].
• 2012 KT42's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[5].
• 2012 KT42's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[6].
• 2012 KT42's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-05-28T00:00:00Z^[7].
• 2012 KT42's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j_68c8^[8].
• 2012 KT42's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 3605257^[9].
• 2012 KT42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.55470'}^[10].
• 2012 KT42's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.5548459916609161'}^[11].
• 2012 KT42's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+29.0'}^[12].
• 2012 KT42's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+2.192712802615032'}^[13].
• 2012 KT42's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+737.5270960223522'}^[14].
• 2012 KT42's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+0.06057'}^[15].
• 2012 KT42's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+69.45848153365857'}^[16].
• 2012 KT42's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.597544762535491'}^[17].
• 2012 KT42's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.483936070527199'}^[18].
• 2012 KT42's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.711153454543784'}^[19].
• 2012 KT42's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+259.1224635548384'}^[20].
• 2012 KT42's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+218.2742441853244'}^[21].
• 2012 KT42's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 2012 KT42^[22].
• 2012 KT42's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025^[23].
• 2012 KT42's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2461290.8516253266'}^[24].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[3] and near-Earth object^[4].

Why It Matters

2012 KT42 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25]