(12128) Palermiti Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 13 September 1999 by C. W. Juels at Fountain Hills.

Director of an observatory in Florida, Mike Palermiti (b. 1949) provides expert consultation to the astronomical community about optics, telescope design and CCDs. He contributed to the early development of low-light-level imaging and has made significant observations of novae, minor planets, comets and occultations.Naming citation (20010109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Palermiti is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Palermiti is 2.88 au from the Sun and 2.38 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number12128
Provisional designation1999 RP43
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter8.85 km (#5,868 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.130
Absolute magnitude (H)13.35
Orbital period5.24 years
Semi-major axis3.02 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.73 – 3.31 au
Eccentricity0.0955
Inclination10.4°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.73 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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