(12880) Juliegrady Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Julie Grady (b. 1951), a 2002 Intel Excellence in Teaching Award finalist, is a teacher at the Blacksburg High School, Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Juliegrady is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Juliegrady is 2.68 au from the Sun and 3.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12880 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QM25 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.33 km (#14,403 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.277 |
| Rotation period | 18.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.83 |
| Orbital period | 4.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.00618 |
| Inclination | 2.80° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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