(12341) Calevoet Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 January 1993 by E. W. Elst at Caussols.
Calevoet is a hamlet in the southwestern part of the municipality of Uccle. The name means “grassless ford”. However, the name also means “bare foot”, which gave birth to the legend that Charlemagne crossed the small river at Calevoet barefooted.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Calevoet is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Calevoet is 2.88 au from the Sun and 3.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12341 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 BN4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 9.09 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.99 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.90 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.223 |
| Inclination | 3.18° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.852 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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