Venera 12

Summary

Venera 12 is a space probe^[1]. It draws 129 Wikipedia views per month (space_probe category, ranking #49 of 135).^[2]

Key Facts

• Venera 12's image is recorded as Cut-away model of a Soviet Venera 12 lander.jpg^[3].
• Venera 12's instance of is recorded as space probe^[4].
• Venera 12's instance of is recorded as artificial satellite of the Sun^[5].
• Venera 12's operator is recorded as Academy of Sciences of the USSR^[6].
• Venera 12's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1978-086A^[7].
• Venera 12's part of is recorded as Venera^[8].
• Venera 12's Commons category is recorded as Venera 12^[9].
• Venera 12's space launch vehicle is recorded as Proton-K^[10].
• Venera 12's located on astronomical body is recorded as Venus^[11].
• Venera 12's SCN is recorded as 11025^[12].
• Venera 12's type of orbit is recorded as low Earth orbit^[13].
• Venera 12's has part is recorded as Venera 12 Descent Craft^[14].
• Venera 12's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1978-09-14T00:00:00Z^[15].
• Venera 12's UTC date of spacecraft landing is recorded as +1978-12-21T00:00:00Z^[16].
• Venera 12's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02v4lw^[17].
• Venera 12's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[18].
• Venera 12's significant event is recorded as planetary flyby^[19].
• Venera 12's significant event is recorded as soft landing^[20].
• Venera 12's significant event is recorded as loss of signal^[21].
• Venera 12's location of landing is recorded as Venus^[22].
• Venera 12's space tug is recorded as Blok-DM^[23].
• Venera 12's start point is recorded as Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81/24^[24].
• Venera 12's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2.3'}^[25].
• Venera 12's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+51.5'}^[26].
• Venera 12's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+5.7'}^[27].

Why It Matters

Venera 12 draws 129 Wikipedia views per month (space_probe category, ranking #49 of 135).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]