(12576) Oresme Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 September 1999 by P. G. Comba at Prescott.
Nicole Oresme (c. 1323-1382), bishop of Lisieux, conceived the representation of time-varying quantities by two-dimensional graphs, using the latitude-longitude analogy. He drew a velocity-time graph for a body moving with constant acceleration, anticipating later discoveries in analytic geometry and kinematics.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Oresme is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Oresme is 2.54 au from the Sun and 2.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12576 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RP1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.00 km (#10,618 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.177 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.39 |
| Orbital period | 4.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.46 – 2.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0673 |
| Inclination | 3.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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