(668643) 2012 DR30

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(668643) 2012 DR30

Summary

(668643) 2012 DR30 is a Damocloid asteroid[1]. (668643) 2012 DR30 draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (damocloid_asteroid category, ranking #6 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • (668643) 2012 DR30 is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch[3].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's image is recorded as 2012 DR30 SDSS precovery.png[4].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's instance of is recorded as Damocloid asteroid[5].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's instance of is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[6].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's instance of is recorded as asteroid[7].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory[8].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's minor planet group is recorded as trans-Neptunian object[9].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's Commons category is recorded as (668643) 2012 DR30[10].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[11].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's provisional designation is recorded as 2009 FW54[12].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's provisional designation is recorded as 2012 DR30[13].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2009-03-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-02-06T00:00:00Z[15].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0w7l13l[16].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20668643[17].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.9846427149949704'}[18].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+19.9'}[19].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.1'}[20].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+7.12'}[21].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+77.95693'}[22].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+78.018209771524'}[23].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+10607015.2502512'}[24].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+341'}[25].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+341.3929709262005'}[26].
  • (668643) 2012 DR30's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+944.7781576557309'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Damocloid asteroid[5], trans-Neptunian object[6], and asteroid[7].

Why It Matters

(668643) 2012 DR30 draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (damocloid_asteroid category, ranking #6 of 6).[2] (668643) 2012 DR30 has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] (668643) 2012 DR30 is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Argument of periapsis {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+195.45'}, {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+195.1349051788609'}
    Periapsis {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+14.50922743364589'}
    Site of astronomical discovery Kitt Peak National Observatory
    Instance of Damocloid asteroid, trans-Neptunian object, asteroid
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