3012 Minsk

Summary

3012 Minsk is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 3012 Minsk is credited with the discovery of Nikolai Chernykh^[3].
• 3012 Minsk's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 3012 Minsk's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Crimean Astrophysical Observatory^[5].
• Minsk is named after 3012 Minsk^[6].
• 3012 Minsk's follows is recorded as Q150596^[7].
• 3012 Minsk's followed by is recorded as 3013 Dobrovoleva^[8].
• 3012 Minsk's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 3012 Minsk's minor planet group is recorded as outer asteroid belt^[10].
• 3012 Minsk's Commons category is recorded as 3012 Minsk^[11].
• 3012 Minsk's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[12].
• 3012 Minsk's provisional designation is recorded as 1950 SU^[13].
• 3012 Minsk's provisional designation is recorded as 1953 GA2^[14].
• 3012 Minsk's provisional designation is recorded as 1973 SN2^[15].
• 3012 Minsk's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 QU9^[16].
• 3012 Minsk's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1979-08-27T00:00:00Z^[17].
• 3012 Minsk's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7h9b^[18].
• 3012 Minsk's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20003012^[19].
• 3012 Minsk's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 3012 Minsk's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07'}^[21].
• 3012 Minsk's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0685342'}^[22].
• 3012 Minsk's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.07187528966622535'}^[23].
• 3012 Minsk's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.0'}^[24].
• 3012 Minsk's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.1'}^[25].
• 3012 Minsk's different from is recorded as Mińsk^[26].
• 3012 Minsk's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+18.18915'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

3012 Minsk's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Minsk is named after 3012 Minsk^[6].

Why It Matters

3012 Minsk ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]