(12542) Laver Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 August 1998 by J. Broughton at Reedy Creek.
Rodney Laver (b. 1938) is a tennis player from the discoverer's home state of Queensland and widely regarded as one of the greats of the game. Dubbed the “Rockhampton Rocket”, Laver is the only player to have won the grand slam twice, when in 1962 and 1969 he won all four major tournaments.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Laver is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Laver is 2.73 au from the Sun and 2.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12542 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 PN1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.98 |
| Orbital period | 5.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 3.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.144 |
| Inclination | 5.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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