(12992) Crumpler Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Larry S. Crumpler (b. 1950) is an American volcanologist and space scientist who focuses on solar system exploration using field methods, with an emphasis on studying geologic analogs in New Mexico. He has participated in NASA's Magellan, Viking, Pathfinder and Mars Exploration Rover missions.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #6, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Crumpler is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Crumpler is 2.60 au from the Sun and 3.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12992 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 EZ22 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.42 km (#16,414 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.330 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.47 |
| Orbital period | 3.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.79 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.188 |
| Inclination | 2.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.780 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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