(12876) Estrada Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Pauline Victoria Allasas Estrada (b. 2007) was a finalist in the 2019 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for her plant science project. She attended the Fugman Elementary School, Fresno, California.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #1, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Estrada is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Estrada is 3.15 au from the Sun and 4.11 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12876 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QR10 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.70 km (#9,403 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.180 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.87 |
| Orbital period | 5.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.68 – 3.18 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0854 |
| Inclination | 0.975° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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