(805212) Junkes Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 29 February 2012 by R. P. Boyle K. Äernis at Mount Graham.
Joseph Junkes, S.J. (1900–1984), a German Jesuit astronomer, served as Assistant (from 1935) and later Director (from 1953) of the Specola Vaticana's Astrophysical Laboratory. He co-compiled influential spectral atlases and pioneered the effective line-width photometry method.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #3, 14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Junkes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Junkes is 2.54 au from the Sun and 1.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 805212 |
| Provisional designation | 2016 CA389 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.73 |
| Orbital period | 4.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.54 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0242 |
| Inclination | 22.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.53 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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