(12843) Ewers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 April 1997 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Richard G. Ewers (b. 1946) is a pilot in the Flight Crew Branch of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. He has more than 32 years and nearly 9000 hours of flight experience in all types of aircraft.Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ewers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ewers is 2.52 au from the Sun and 1.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12843 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 GH27 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.77 km (#13,289 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.197 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.67 |
| Orbital period | 3.90 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.48 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.18 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 3.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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