(12147) Bramante Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Donato Bramante (1444-1514) was an Italian architect of the high Renaissance, working mainly in Milan and Rome. In Rome he designed his greatest work, St. Peter's Basilica.Naming citation (20101128/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bramante is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bramante is 2.63 au from the Sun and 2.67 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12147 |
| Provisional designation | 6082 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.71 km (#11,210 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.126 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.74 |
| Orbital period | 3.93 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.49 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0923 |
| Inclination | 3.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Donato
All asteroids named after someone called Donato
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites