(12106) Menghuan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 May 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Meng Huan (b. 1985) is a finalist in the 2002 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his earth and space sciences project. He attends the Beijing No. 80 High School, Beijing, China.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Menghuan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Menghuan is 2.50 au from the Sun and 3.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12106 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 KQ31 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.02 km (#17,019 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.395 |
| Rotation period | 9.48 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.48 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.101 |
| Inclination | 5.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 22 May 1998
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- (12860) Turney
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