(12508) Darcysloe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 31 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Darcy Sloe mentored a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #5, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Darcysloe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Darcysloe is 2.51 au from the Sun and 2.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12508 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FZ113 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.27 km (#14,561 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.416 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.59 |
| Orbital period | 3.75 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.41 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.163 |
| Inclination | 6.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Darcy
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