(12752) Kvarnis Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 19 March 1993 by UESAC at La Silla.

Kvarnis is the nickname of a school in Uppsala's Kvarngärdet district which hosts a scale model of the Saturnian moon Enceladus, as part of Sweden's Solar System.Naming citation (20110218/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kvarnis is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kvarnis is 2.13 au from the Sun and 2.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number12752
Provisional designation1993 FR35
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter5.08 km (#10,474 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0690
Absolute magnitude (H)15.42
Orbital period3.79 years
Semi-major axis2.43 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.13 – 2.73 au
Eccentricity0.125
Inclination3.29°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.14 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 19 March 1993

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