- 12374 Rakhat
Minor Planet
name=12374 Rakhat
discoverer=Charles de Saint-Aignan
discovery_date=May 15 ,1994
designations=mp|1994 JG|9
category=Main belt
epoch=September 22 ,2006 (JD 2454000.5)
semimajor=2.552 AU
perihelion=1.771 AU
aphelion=3.334 AU
eccentricity=0.305
period=1489.922 d (4.08 a)
inclination=8.978°
asc_node=123.551°
arg_peri=202.003°
mean_anomaly=309.760°
speed="unknown"
dimensions="unknown"
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation="unknown"
spectral_class="unknown"
abs_mag=14.0
albedo="unknown"
temperature="unknown"General
The
asteroid 12374 Rakhat is a Main beltasteroid discovered byCharles de Saint-Aignan atLowell Observatory , examining films taken at Palomar.
=Citation from the MPCs=Rakhat is a planet with the first known extraterrestrial life in the novel "The Sparrow", by
Mary Doria Russell . First contact is established when a group of specialists organized by Jesuits is sent to the planet. MPCit_JPL|12374.Orbital Diagram
This orbital diagram is courtesy of the [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi JPL Small-Body Database Browser]
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*List of asteroids
*List of asteroids named after important people
*List of asteroids named after places
*List of noteworthy asteroids
*Meanings of asteroid names
*Minor planet
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