12513 Niven

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12513 Niven

Summary

12513 Niven is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 12513 Niven is credited with the discovery of Paul G. Comba[3].
  • 12513 Niven's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 12513 Niven's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Prescott Observatory[5].
  • Ivan M. Niven is named after 12513 Niven[6].
  • 12513 Niven's follows is recorded as Q1042977[7].
  • 12513 Niven's followed by is recorded as 12514 Schommer[8].
  • 12513 Niven's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • 12513 Niven's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[10].
  • 12513 Niven's provisional designation is recorded as 1980 VV[11].
  • 12513 Niven's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 HC20[12].
  • 12513 Niven's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-04-27T00:00:00Z[13].
  • 12513 Niven's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y7pjg[14].
  • 12513 Niven's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20012513[15].
  • 12513 Niven's significant event is recorded as naming[16].
  • 12513 Niven's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.18'}[17].
  • 12513 Niven's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1783088'}[18].
  • 12513 Niven's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1785504085471046'}[19].
  • 12513 Niven's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.8'}[20].
  • 12513 Niven's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.13'}[21].
  • 12513 Niven's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.23656'}[22].
  • 12513 Niven's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+2.23570348322946'}[23].
  • 12513 Niven's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+3.16'}[24].
  • 12513 Niven's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1153.223959569186'}[25].
  • 12513 Niven's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+27.61979'}[26].
  • 12513 Niven's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+27.54491748420442'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

12513 Niven is credited with the discovery of Paul G. Comba[3].

Why It Matters

12513 Niven has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: 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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. 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] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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