(12108) Jamesaustin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 May 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
James Austin mentored a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Garnet Valley High School, Glen Mills, Pennsylvania.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #5, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jamesaustin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jamesaustin is 2.73 au from the Sun and 1.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12108 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KJ48 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.66 km (#5,303 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0570 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.8 |
| Orbital period | 5.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 3.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.166 |
| Inclination | 5.08° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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