(12042) Laques Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 17 March 1997 by at Ramonville-St-Agne 41031 Buil, C..

Pierre Laques (b. 1934) started his career at the private observatory of the Chateau D´Abadia near Hendaye, moving to the Pic du Midi, where the 1-m telescope had just been built. He is one of the codiscoverers of the satellite Saturn XII (Helène).Naming citation (20000726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Laques is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Laques is 3.17 au from the Sun and 2.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	12042
Provisional designation	1997 FC
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	10.2 km (#5,009 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.108
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.29
Orbital period	5.18 years
Semi-major axis	2.99 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.80 – 3.18 au
Eccentricity	0.0636
Inclination	11.9°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.83 au

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

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