(12409) Bukovanska Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 September 1995 by Klet at Klet.
Marcela Bukovanská (b. 1935), a research worker in meteoritics, was head of the department of mineralogy and petrology of the National Museum in Prague. Name suggested by M. Šolc.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bukovanska is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bukovanska is 2.73 au from the Sun and 2.40 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12409 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 SL3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 1.57 km (#17,321 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.375 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.13 |
| Orbital period | 3.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.86 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.181 |
| Inclination | 0.621° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.971 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Marcela
All asteroids named after someone called Marcela
Also discovered on 28 September 1995
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