(12897) Bougeret Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Jean-Louis Bougeret (b. 1945) is Director of the Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique at Paris Observatory. He is an expert in the solar wind and interplanetary medium, and is active in space research. The name was suggested by M. A. Barucci.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bougeret is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bougeret is 2.03 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12897 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RY5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.40 km (#14,222 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.242 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.54 |
| Orbital period | 3.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.41 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0888 |
| Inclination | 3.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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