(12012) Kitahiroshima Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 November 1996 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Kitahiroshima is a city in Hokkaido in northeastern Japan. The name means “North Hiroshima”. Beginning in 1883, farm laborers from Hiroshima in southwestern Japan immigrated there and gave the city its name.Naming citation (20030910/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kitahiroshima is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kitahiroshima is 2.43 au from the Sun and 2.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12012 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 VH8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.48 km (#14,011 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.401 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.12 |
| Orbital period | 3.45 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.146 |
| Inclination | 7.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.956 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 7 November 1996
- (8417) Lancetaylor
- (8419) Terumikazumi
- (8575) Seishitakeuchi
- (8577) Choseikomori
- (8728) Mimatsu
- (10608) Mameta
- (10884) Tsuboimasaki
- (10885) Horimasato
- (12013) Sibatahosimi
- (19314) Nakamuratetsu
- (19315) Aizunisshinkan
- (21292) Kanetakoichi