(12164) Lowellgreen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 September 1973 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Lowell Clark Green (b. 1925), a Lutheran pastor/theologian for more than half a century and Renaissance/Reformation scholar, now resident in Buffalo, New York, has given constant support and encouragement to the life and astronomical career of his son, D. W. E. Green, who found the identifications for this object.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lowellgreen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lowellgreen is 2.03 au from the Sun and 3.00 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12164 |
| Provisional designation | 3067 T-2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.14 km (#14,851 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.284 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.83 |
| Orbital period | 3.21 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.18 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 2.33 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0680 |
| Inclination | 2.21° |
| 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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