(12906) Alexismacavoy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alexis Tea MacAvoy (b. 2004) was a finalist in the 2019 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for her chemistry project. She attended the Crocker Middle School, Hillsborough, California.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #1, 10), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Alexismacavoy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Alexismacavoy is 2.87 au from the Sun and 1.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12906 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RS72 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.88 km (#10,843 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.295 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
| Orbital period | 4.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.69 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0348 |
| Inclination | 4.23° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.70 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Alexis
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Also discovered on 14 September 1998
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