(12149) Begas Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Begas is the name of a German family of nineteenth-century artists, of whom the best known was Romantik-style painter Carl Joseph Begas (1794-1854). Of his four sons, Reinhold (1831-1911) and Carl Begas, Jr. (1845-1916), were sculptors, and Oskar (1828-1883) and Adalbert (1836-1888) Begas were painters.Naming citation (20101128/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Begas is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Begas is 2.75 au from the Sun and 2.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12149 |
| Provisional designation | 9099 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.63 km (#9,509 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.202 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.92 |
| Orbital period | 5.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.13 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.75 – 3.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.123 |
| Inclination | 12.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.76 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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