(13127) Jeroenbrouwers Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 August 1994 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Jeroen Brouwers (b. 1940) is an Indonesian-born Dutch writer, who has won many literary prizes. In his India trilogy, he treats his early childhood in Dutch-Indonesia during World War II in a very emotional way.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-07-02), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Jeroenbrouwers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Jeroenbrouwers is 2.11 au from the Sun and 3.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13127 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 PN25 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 8.42 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.03 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.08 – 2.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.134 |
| Inclination | 2.23° |
| 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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