(12118) Mirotsin Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Yauhen Adolfovich Mirotsin (b. 1985) is a finalist in the 2002 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his mathematics project. He attends the Gomel City Lyceum No. 1, Gomel, Belarus.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mirotsin is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mirotsin is 2.39 au from the Sun and 2.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12118 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NC9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.19 km (#12,291 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.133 |
| Rotation period | 2.89 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.72 |
| Orbital period | 3.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.28 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.07 – 2.49 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0924 |
| Inclination | 6.10° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 13 July 1999
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- (11747) Libbykamen
- (12119) Memamis
- (12121) Greenwald
- (12572) Sadegh
- (15501) Pepawlowski
- (18821) Markhavel
- (18836) Raymundto
- (19582) Blow
- (19584) Sarahgerin
- (19585) Zachopkins
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