(12638) Fransbruggen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Frans Brüggen (b. 1934) is a Dutch recorder player and conductor. He was the founder of the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, which is dedicated to performing classical music as authentically as possible. In 2012 he was awarded the Edison Classical Music Award.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-09-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fransbruggen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fransbruggen is 2.61 au from the Sun and 3.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12638 |
| Provisional designation | 1063 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.31 |
| Orbital period | 3.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.177 |
| Inclination | 1.81° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.968 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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