(12311) Ingemyr Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1992 by UESAC at La Silla.
Mikael Ingemyr (b. 1991), a student at the high school for space studies in Kiruna, was one of the winners of “The Universe--yours to discover with the Nordic Optical Telescope”.Naming citation (20100130/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ingemyr is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ingemyr is 2.74 au from the Sun and 3.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12311 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 EO6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.55 |
| Orbital period | 4.32 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.65 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.13 – 3.17 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.196 |
| Inclination | 5.41° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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