(12568) Kuffner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 November 1998 by K. Korlevic at Visnjan.
Moriz von Kuffner (1854-1939) was a brewer, alpinist and the founder of a private observatory in Vienna. The Kuffner Observatory was a leading scientific institution in the late nineteenth century and is now used for public education. It is serving as host for the May 2006 Meeting on Asteroids and Comets in Europe.Naming citation (20060413/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kuffner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kuffner is 3.16 au from the Sun and 3.55 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12568 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 VB5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.62 km (#8,089 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.254 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.25 |
| Orbital period | 5.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.07 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.91 – 3.22 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0512 |
| Inclination | 1.30° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.89 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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