(12771) Kimshin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 April 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Japanese synthesizer performer Kim Shin (b. 1955) played a requiem melody at the memorial ceremony for the crew of the space shuttle Columbia in 2003. In October 2000 his compact disk Everlasting Space traveled into space with the shuttle Discovery.Naming citation (20080321/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kimshin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kimshin is 2.61 au from the Sun and 2.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12771 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 GA1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.20 km (#12,256 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.209 |
| Rotation period | 6.35 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.58 |
| Orbital period | 3.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.163 |
| Inclination | 4.82° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.860 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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