(12075) Legg Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tiffany Amelia Legg (b. 1987) is a finalist in the 2002 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her earth and space sciences project. She attends the Duncan Senior High School, Duncan, Oklahoma, U.S.A.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Legg is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Legg is 2.43 au from the Sun and 1.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12075 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FX69 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.87 km (#7,799 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0650 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.54 |
| Orbital period | 3.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.87 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.167 |
| Inclination | 3.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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