(12619) Anubelshunu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Anu Belshunu (249 B.C.-c. 185 B.C.) was lamentation priest and interpreter of the astrological omen series Enuma Anu Enlil at the Temple of Anu in Uruk. A collection of astrological cuneiform tablets from his library contains some of the earliest realistic depictions of the Babylonian constellations.Naming citation (20080122/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Anubelshunu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Anubelshunu is 2.47 au from the Sun and 1.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12619 |
| Provisional designation | 6242 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.90 km (#15,460 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.366 |
| Rotation period | 5.85 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.47 |
| Orbital period | 3.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0748 |
| Inclination | 5.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
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- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites