(12878) Erneschiller Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ernest Schiller (b. 1949), a 2002 Intel Excellence in Teaching Award finalist, is a teacher at the Central Lee High School, Donnellson, Iowa, U.S.A.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Erneschiller is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Erneschiller is 2.86 au from the Sun and 3.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12878 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QH11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.29 km (#12,068 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.287 |
| Rotation period | 4.74 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.42 |
| Orbital period | 4.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.37 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0985 |
| Inclination | 3.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.36 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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