2012 XE133

Summary

2012 XE133 is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2012 XE133 is credited with the discovery of Catalina Sky Survey^[3].
• 2012 XE133's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 2012 XE133's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 2012 XE133's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[6].
• 2012 XE133's minor planet group is recorded as Aten asteroid^[7].
• 2012 XE133's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[8].
• 2012 XE133's time of discovery or invention is recorded as December 12, 2012^[9].
• 2012 XE133's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.43299'}^[10].
• 2012 XE133's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4326074732863562'}^[11].
• 2012 XE133's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+23.3'}^[12].
• 2012 XE133's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.711'}^[13].
• 2012 XE133's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.72772640205829'}^[14].
• 2012 XE133's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+224.6205593955403'}^[15].
• 2012 XE133's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+281.0074254624536'}^[16].
• 2012 XE133's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.7231594266064633'}^[17].
• 2012 XE133's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.036003598933896'}^[18].
• 2012 XE133's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.410315254279031'}^[19].
• 2012 XE133's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+337.1078264300348'}^[20].
• 2012 XE133's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+204.986637121589'}^[21].
• 2012 XE133's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025^[22].
• 2012 XE133's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2461097.219967454'}^[23].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[4], near-Earth object^[5], and near-Earth asteroid^[6].

Why It Matters

2012 XE133 ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24]