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(29536) 1998 BC12

asteroid
Place Asteroid Q1482814

Facts

24 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +23
Follows
(29535) 1998 BF8[4]
Followed by
(29537) 1998 BW15[5]
Absolute magnitude
12.8, 12.83[15][16]
Albedo
0.253
Apoapsis
3.139, 3.123725844247987
Argument of periapsis
341.05019, 336.8023361102561
Diameter
9.598
Discoverer or inventor
Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025
Longitude of ascending node
110.665, 110.3729942358166[22][23]
Mean anomaly
24.15391, 114.9177831463211
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[6]
Orbital eccentricity
0.03 (0.03–0.03, n=3)[12][13][14]
Orbital inclination
11.62214, 11.61854380591586[17][18]
Orbital period
5.3, 1934.938246213029[19][20]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[7]
Periapsis
2.938961, 2.954018815857745
Provisional designation
1986 XR4, 1989 KC, 1998 BC12[8][9][10]
Rotation period
19.768[21]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
3.0389543, 3.038872330052866[24]
Site of astronomical discovery
Experimental Test Site[3]
Time of discovery or invention
January 23, 1998[11]
Time of periapsis
2460382.8366283895
🏷️ Also known as
en (29536) 1998 BC12 ru 1986 XR4 ru 1989 KC ru 1998 BC12 zh 小行星29536
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/122z2f6c
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20029536
Minor Planet Center body ID
29536
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet29536Provisional1998BC12"]

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 1
Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
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Summary

(29536) 1998 BC12 is an asteroid[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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