(12339) Carloo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 December 1992 by E. W. Elst at Caussols.
Carloo, a small hamlet south of the Royal Observatory at Uccle, was a former seigniory that was mentioned in the thirteenth-century Cariloe. The name means “open area in a bushy height”.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Carloo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carloo is 2.41 au from the Sun and 1.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12339 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 YW1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.85 km (#13,118 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.329 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.32 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.113 |
| Inclination | 3.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 18 December 1992
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- (8188) Okegaya
- (10119) Remarque
- (10120) Ypres
- (10551) Goteborg
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- (12340) Stalle
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- (17518) Redqueen
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- (20041) Gainor