(12524) Conscience Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 April 1998 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Hendrik Conscience (1812–1883) was a founder of Flemish literature. Although he started writing in French, he soon changed to Flemish. In 1838 he published the historical novel De Leeuw van Vlaanderen (The Lion of Flanders), which describes the fourteenth-century battle between the Flemish and French.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #15, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Conscience is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Conscience is 2.19 au from the Sun and 2.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12524 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HG103 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.64 km (#15,977 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.205 |
| Rotation period | 10.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.15 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.86 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.197 |
| Inclination | 0.745° |
| 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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