(12252) Gwangju Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 November 1988 by M. Koishikawa at Ayashi.
On 2002 Apr. 20 Gwangju, Korea, became the seventh friendship city of Sendai, Japan. Gwangju and Sendai are famous for their cultural, artistic and academic facilities, and each will host World Cup soccer games this year.Naming citation (20020526/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gwangju is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gwangju is 2.75 au from the Sun and 1.93 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12252 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 VT1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.49 km (#7,117 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.199 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.32 |
| Orbital period | 5.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.42 – 3.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.225 |
| Inclination | 12.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.46 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.