(12938) Ingakamp Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Inga Kamp (b. 1970) is a Dutch astronomer, specializing in astrochemistry and the formation of stars and planets. Since 2025, she has been director of the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute of the University of Groningen.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #17, 15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ingakamp is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ingakamp is 2.38 au from the Sun and 3.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12938 |
| Provisional designation | 4161 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.77 km (#9,267 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0920 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.74 |
| Orbital period | 4.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.26 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.144 |
| Inclination | 7.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites