(12616) Lochner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Stephan Lochner (?-1451) is a well-known painter of the Cologne school. He painted altar pictures and madonnas at the same time as the brothers van Eyck.Naming citation (20080819/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lochner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lochner is 2.76 au from the Sun and 3.57 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12616 |
| Provisional designation | 4874 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 10.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.87 |
| Orbital period | 4.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.38 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0994 |
| Inclination | 3.38° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Stephan
All asteroids named after someone called Stephan
Also discovered on 26 September 1960
- (1778) Alfven
- (4386) Lust
- (4412) Chephren
- (6145) Riemenschneider
- (7720) Lepaute
- (8435) Anser
- (9251) Harch
- (9479) Madresplazamayo
- (9694) Lycomedes
- (9906) Tintoretto
- (10244) Thuringer Wald
- (10646) Machielalberts