(12477) Haiku Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 March 1997 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Haiku is a Japanese poetry form with 17 syllables in three lines.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Haiku is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Haiku is 2.66 au from the Sun and 2.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12477 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 EY20 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.33 km (#14,387 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.332 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.52 |
| Orbital period | 3.80 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.132 |
| Inclination | 2.11° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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