2012 TC4

Summary

2012 TC4 is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2012 TC4 is credited with the discovery of Pan-STARRS^[3].
• 2012 TC4's image is recorded as 2012 TC4 observed (annotated).jpg^[4].
• 2012 TC4's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 2012 TC4's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[6].
• 2012 TC4's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[7].
• 2012 TC4's Commons category is recorded as 2012 TC4^[8].
• 2012 TC4's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 2012 TC4's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2012-10-04T00:00:00Z^[10].
• 2012 TC4's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0125s6xr^[11].
• 2012 TC4's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 3609693^[12].
• 2012 TC4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.3357336'}^[13].
• 2012 TC4's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4037625551321508'}^[14].
• 2012 TC4's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+26.7'}^[15].
• 2012 TC4's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+26.71'}^[16].
• 2012 TC4's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.8558764054155372'}^[17].
• 2012 TC4's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0.5342551354434516'}^[18].
• 2012 TC4's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+753.4445697724291'}^[19].
• 2012 TC4's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+0.2038'}^[20].
• 2012 TC4's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+0.204155'}^[21].
• 2012 TC4's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+198.2617430553133'}^[22].
• 2012 TC4's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+19.6950368175561'}^[23].
• 2012 TC4's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.620448576133997'}^[24].
• 2012 TC4's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.274725033694116'}^[25].
• 2012 TC4's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.966172118573879'}^[26].
• 2012 TC4's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+222.5694899872435'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[5] and near-Earth object^[6].

Why It Matters

2012 TC4 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]