(12632) Mignonette Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Mignonette Saavedra (b. 1931), Chilean psychologist, studied at Smith College and Yale. In her professional life she put emphasis on neuro-psychology. She retired from the chair of the Psychology department at the University of Chile, Santiago in 2007.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mignonette is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mignonette is 2.57 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12632 |
| Provisional designation | 3105 T-1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.06 km (#8,838 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0760 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.96 |
| Orbital period | 3.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.116 |
| Inclination | 1.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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