(12637) Gustavleonhardt Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Gustav Leonhardt (1928-2012), Dutch harpsichord player and conductor, was the founder of the Leonhardt Consort, dedicated to performing baroque music on period instruments. In 1971, together with N. Harnoncourt and his Concentus Musicus, Leonhardt initiated the first complete recording of Bach's Cantatas.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-05-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gustavleonhardt is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gustavleonhardt is 3.02 au from the Sun and 4.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12637 |
| Provisional designation | 1053 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.34 km (#7,271 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0670 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.52 |
| Orbital period | 4.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 3.15 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.200 |
| Inclination | 0.939° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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