(12223) Hoskin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 October 1983 by Oak Ridge Observatory at Harvard.
Michael A. Hoskin (b. 1930) founded the Journal for the History of Astronomy in 1970 and has since served as its editor. He established the archives at Churchill College, Cambridge, is a leading expert on William Herschel and has done pioneering archeoastronomical work around the western Mediterranean basin.Naming citation (20010109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hoskin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hoskin is 2.71 au from the Sun and 2.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12223 |
| Provisional designation | 1983 TX |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.45 |
| Orbital period | 5.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.04 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.70 – 3.37 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.110 |
| Inclination | 10.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.73 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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