(12701) Chenier Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 April 1990 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
André Chénier (1762-1794) was a French poet who died on the scaffold. The son of a Greek mother and an atheist father, he was inspired by Lucretius' De rerum natura, Holbach's Système de la Nature and d´Alembert's Rêve to write his naturalistic poem Hermès.Naming citation (20040928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Chenier is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Chenier is 2.35 au from the Sun and 2.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12701 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 GE |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.68 |
| Orbital period | 3.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.33 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.94 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.169 |
| Inclination | 6.51° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.941 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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