(12579) Ceva Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 September 1999 by Osservatorio San Vittore at Bologna.
The brothers Giovanni (1647-1734) and Tommaso (1648-1737) Ceva were Italian mathematicians interested in geometry and physics. Giovanni was in the service of the Duke of Mantua. Tommaso was professor of mathematics in the Jesuit college at Milan and was also known as a poet.Naming citation (20010109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ceva is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ceva is 2.90 au from the Sun and 2.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12579 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RA28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.59 km (#8,135 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0640 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.44 |
| Orbital period | 5.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 3.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.186 |
| Inclination | 1.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.49 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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