43212 Katosawao

Summary

43212 Katosawao is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 43212 Katosawao is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 43212 Katosawao's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 43212 Katosawao's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[5].
• Sawao Katō is named after 43212 Katosawao^[6].
• 43212 Katosawao followed (43211) 2000 AR105^[7].
• 43212 Katosawao was followed by (43213) 2000 AC132^[8].
• 43212 Katosawao's minor planet group is recorded as Jupiter trojan^[9].
• 43212 Katosawao's minor planet group is recorded as Greek camp trojan asteroid^[10].
• 43212 Katosawao's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[11].
• 43212 Katosawao's provisional designation is recorded as 1977 CG1^[12].
• 43212 Katosawao's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 AL113^[13].
• 43212 Katosawao's time of discovery or invention is recorded as January 5, 2000^[14].
• 43212 Katosawao's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 43212 Katosawao's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.05936181021236374'}^[16].
• 43212 Katosawao's Lagrangian point is recorded as L4-Jupiter-Sun^[17].
• 43212 Katosawao's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.39'}^[18].
• 43212 Katosawao's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+6.4747649414733'}^[19].
• 43212 Katosawao's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+4442.574786246977'}^[20].
• 43212 Katosawao's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+223.2235592819097'}^[21].
• 43212 Katosawao's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.288804906452762'}^[22].
• 43212 Katosawao's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+5.602757939559828'}^[23].
• 43212 Katosawao's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+4.974851873345695'}^[24].
• 43212 Katosawao's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+259.724870330912'}^[25].
• 43212 Katosawao's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+24.9397927229339'}^[26].
• 43212 Katosawao's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+19.212'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

43212 Katosawao's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Sawao Katō is named after 43212 Katosawao^[6].

Why It Matters

43212 Katosawao ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]