(12130) Mousa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Ahmed Shaker Mousa (b. 1984) is a finalist in the 2002 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his medicine and health project. He attends the Avon Grove High School, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mousa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mousa is 2.87 au from the Sun and 2.76 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12130 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RD146 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.38 km (#14,276 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.224 |
| Rotation period | 2.55 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.84 |
| Orbital period | 4.29 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.36 – 2.92 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.107 |
| Inclination | 5.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Ahmed
All asteroids named after someone called Ahmed
Also discovered on 9 September 1999
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- (12590) Ballantine
- (12591) Bergey
- (12592) Brianchen
- (12593) Shashlov
- (12594) Sidorclare
- (12595) Amandashaw
- (12596) Shukla
- (12597) Williamdaniel
- (12598) Sierra
- (12599) Singhal