(12045) Klein Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 March 1997 by P. G. Comba at Prescott.
Felix Klein (1849-1925) was a professor of mathematics at Erlangen and later at Göttingen. Deeply impressed by the concept of a group of transformations as a unifying principle in geometry, he spent much of his life developing, applying and popularizing this notion.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Klein is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Klein is 3.05 au from the Sun and 3.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12045 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 FH1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 8.97 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.08 |
| Orbital period | 4.21 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.11 – 3.11 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.192 |
| Inclination | 12.7° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.11 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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