(12188) Kalaallitnunaat Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 August 1978 by R. M. West at La Silla.
Kalaallit Nunaat (Country of the Greenlanders) is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark. Located on the largest island in the world, it has been inhabited during many millennia by indigenous arctic peoples with strong and unique cultural traditions, later joined by people from the Nordic countries.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2018-01-31), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kalaallitnunaat is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kalaallitnunaat is 2.40 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12188 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 PE |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.84 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.77 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.231 |
| Inclination | 5.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.761 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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