(23488) 1991 PF12
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Summary
(23488) 1991 PF12 is an asteroid[1]. (23488) 1991 PF12 has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Henry E. Holt[3]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Palomar Observatory[4]
- Follows: (23487) 1991 PX4[5]
- Followed by: (23489) 1991 PU16[6]
- Minor planet group: asteroid belt[7]
- Parent astronomical body: Sun[8]
- Provisional designation: 1991 PF12[9], 1998 KW24[10]
- Time of discovery or invention: August 7, 1991[11]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.23[12], 0.2343200[13], 0.2336974812121714[14]
- Absolute magnitude: 15.0[15], 15.08[16]
- Orbital inclination: 6.93396 degree[17], 6.93060738990032 degree[18]
- Orbital period: 3.73 years[19], 1362.456413856911 day[20]
- Longitude of ascending node: 281.15311 degree[21], 281.1164765856331 degree[22]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.4047230 astronomical unit[23], 2.405190393454594 astronomical unit[24]
- Apoapsis: 2.968 astronomical unit[25], 2.967277330240645 astronomical unit[26]
- Periapsis: 1.8412483 astronomical unit[27], 1.843103456668544 astronomical unit[28]
- Argument of periapsis: 38.21775 degree[29], 38.19340995759198 degree[30]
- Mean anomaly: 164.63549 degree[31], 79.03703658805539 degree[32]
- Albedo: 0.072[33]
- Epoch: November 21, 2025[34]
- Time of periapsis: 2460701.3763404675 Julian day[35]
Why It Matters
(23488) 1991 PF12 is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]