(12859) Marlamoore Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 May 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Marla H. Moore (b. 1940), a staff member at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, is known worldwide for her studies of the irradiation of ices and the implications of the irradiation processes for interstellar grains, comets, and icy satellites. The name was suggested by M. F. A'Hearn.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Marlamoore is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marlamoore is 1.96 au from the Sun and 1.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12859 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KK1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.85 |
| Orbital period | 3.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.29 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Inclination | 3.42° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.877 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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