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1997 CX12

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Summary

1997 CX12 is an asteroid[1]. It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research[3]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: Experimental Test Site[4]
  • Follows: 1999 VQ49[5]
  • Followed by: 1999 VL52[6]
  • Minor planet group: asteroid belt[7]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[8]
  • Provisional designation: 1999 VP51[9], 1997 CX12[10]
  • Time of discovery or invention: November 3, 1999[11]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.1714778813861541[12]
  • Absolute magnitude: 16.32[13]
  • Orbital inclination: 5.731244551221509 degree[14]
  • Orbital period: 1342.216109292569 day[15]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 15.74638008887094 degree[16]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.381310425659751 astronomical unit[17]
  • Apoapsis: 2.789652492374647 astronomical unit[18]
  • Periapsis: 1.972968358944857 astronomical unit[19]
  • Argument of periapsis: 357.9361648838743 degree[20]
  • Mean anomaly: 56.52808109454887 degree[21]
  • Diameter: 1.758 km[22]
  • Albedo: 0.208[23]
  • Epoch: November 21, 2025[24]
  • Time of periapsis: 2460789.741941465 Julian day[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

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  1. 20w ago · LiMrBot bot · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Apoapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.789652492374647'}
    Provisional designation → 1999 VP51, 1997 CX12
    Jpl small-body database spk-id → 20075105
    Periapsis → {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.972968358944857'}
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Absolute magnitude: 16.3"
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