(12070) Kilkis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Siir Sirinyasam Kilkis (b. 1984) is a finalist in the 2002 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her mathematics project. She attends the Greenwood Laboratory School, Springfield, Missouri, U.S.A.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kilkis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kilkis is 2.76 au from the Sun and 1.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12070 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FK63 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.30 km (#14,488 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.282 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.75 |
| Orbital period | 3.79 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.43 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.84 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.170 |
| Inclination | 2.85° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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