(12353) Marquez Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 July 1993 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) was a Colombian novelist, considered as one of the most significant writers of the 20th century. He became well known for his novels One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1980). He was awarded the Nobel prize for Literature in 1982.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #12, 11), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Marquez is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Marquez is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.82 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12353 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 OR9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.65 km (#9,485 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.290 |
| Rotation period | 9.14 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.62 |
| Orbital period | 5.00 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.92 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.89 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0118 |
| Inclination | 2.49° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.87 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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