(12535) Fazlurahman Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 June 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Fazlur Rahman mentored a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #5, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fazlurahman is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fazlurahman is 2.93 au from the Sun and 3.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12535 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 MZ30 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.0 km (#4,545 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0690 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.14 |
| Orbital period | 4.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.126 |
| Inclination | 9.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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