(12197) Jan-Otto Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 March 1980 by C.-I. Lagerkvist at La Silla.
Jan-Otto Carlsson (b. 1943) is professor of inorganic chemistry at Uppsala University and has for nine years been the dean of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology.Naming citation (20080520/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jan-Otto is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jan-Otto is 2.91 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12197 |
| Provisional designation | 1980 FR2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.56 km (#11,505 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.256 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.1 |
| Orbital period | 4.09 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 3.06 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.196 |
| Inclination | 5.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (2108) Otto Schmidt
- (5664) Eugster
- (10782) Hittmair
- (10787) Ottoburkard
- (11537) Guericke
- (13610) Lilienthal
- (14468) Ottostern
- (19126) Ottohahn
- (35239) Ottoseydl
- (126315) Blathy
- (190504) Hermanotto
- (359103) Ottopiene
All asteroids named after someone called Otto
Also discovered on 16 March 1980
- (2902) Westerlund
- (3386) Klementinum
- (3634) Iwan
- (4169) Celsius
- (4593) Reipurth
- (5221) Fabribudweis
- (5498) Gustafsson
- (5938) Keller
- (6150) Neukum
- (6687) Lahulla
- (6945) Dahlgren
- (7548) Engstrom
More named asteroids discovered by C.-I. Lagerkvist
- (2114) Wallenquist
- (2191) Uppsala
- (2274) Ehrsson
- (2589) Daniel
- (2694) Pino Torinese
- (2744) Birgitta
- (2902) Westerlund
- (3005) Pervictoralex
- (3250) Martebo
- (3331) Kvistaberg
- (3573) Holmberg
- (3634) Iwan
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