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1996 TA12

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Summary

1996 TA12 is an asteroid[1]. It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Spacewatch[3]
  • Site of astronomical discovery: Kitt Peak National Observatory[4]
  • Follows: 1999 GQ2[5]
  • Followed by: 1999 GT4[6]
  • Minor planet group: asteroid belt[7]
  • Parent astronomical body: Sun[8]
  • Provisional designation: 1999 GE3[9], 1996 TA12[10]
  • Time of discovery or invention: April 7, 1999[11]
  • Orbital eccentricity: 0.04487717349826978[12]
  • Absolute magnitude: 15.39[13]
  • Orbital inclination: 1.875338395043999 degree[14]
  • Orbital period: 1780.098429002212 day[15]
  • Longitude of ascending node: 12.73543868314778 degree[16]
  • Semi-major axis of an orbit: 2.874509357058165 astronomical unit[17]
  • Apoapsis: 3.003509212197265 astronomical unit[18]
  • Periapsis: 2.745509501919066 astronomical unit[19]
  • Argument of periapsis: 281.2656378879224 degree[20]
  • Mean anomaly: 102.5037839804638 degree[21]
  • Epoch: June 9, 2026[22]
  • Time of periapsis: 2460693.6477088043 Julian day[23]

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.

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 · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jpl small-body database spk-id → 20080011
    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2460693.6477088043'}
    Epoch → June 9, 2026
    Parent astronomical body → Sun
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Orbital eccentricity: 0.04523248519244769±0.000000027741"
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