(12646) Avercamp Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Dutch painter Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634) specialized in painting the Netherlands in winter during the time that is now known as the Little Ice Age. Many of Avercamp's paintings feature people ice skating on frozen lakes. Name suggested by W. A. Fröger.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-11-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Avercamp is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Avercamp is 2.74 au from the Sun and 2.39 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12646 |
| Provisional designation | 5175 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.35 |
| Orbital period | 4.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 3.28 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.228 |
| Inclination | 8.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Hendrick
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