(12850) Axelmunthe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 February 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Axel Munthe (1857-1949), a descendant of a Flemish family that settled in Sweden during the sixteenth century, was a physician and writer who had studied neurology under Charcot. In his autobiographical The story of San Michele (1929), he portrayed the foibles of the rich and the poor in a tragicomic fashion.Naming citation (20090607/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Axelmunthe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Axelmunthe is 1.88 au from the Sun and 1.13 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12850 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 CO3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 76.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.16 |
| Orbital period | 3.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.78 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.212 |
| Inclination | 4.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.764 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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