(12362) Mumuryk Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 October 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Mumuryk Keiko Yuharo (b. 1959) is a painter and illustrator. Having started painting as a 4-year-old, she works in oil, water, engraving and relief. Her illustrations were used for posters by the Japanese International Space Station and the STS-123 Mission.Naming citation (20080618/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mumuryk is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mumuryk is 2.85 au from the Sun and 1.88 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12362 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 TS1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.2 km (#3,638 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0760 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.06 |
| Orbital period | 5.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.85 – 3.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0919 |
| Inclination | 14.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.85 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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