(12144) Einhart Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.

Einhart (also Eginhard or Einhard, ca. 770) was a Frankish scholar and historian. He was the chancellor of Charles the Great and of his son Ludwig the Pious. Einhard wrote Vita Karoli Magni, the biography of Charles the Great, one of the most precious books of the early Middle Ages.Naming citation (20101128/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Einhart is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Einhart is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	12144
Provisional designation	4661 P-L
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.51
Orbital period	4.90 years
Semi-major axis	2.89 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.76 – 3.01 au
Eccentricity	0.0422
Inclination	2.69°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.78 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 24 September 1960

More named asteroids discovered by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.

All 958

← (12143) Harwit · (12145) Behaim →