(12511) Patil Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 March 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Reshma Shivaputrappa Patil (b. 1985) is a finalist in the 2002 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her gerontology project. She attends the White Station High School, Germantown, Tennessee, U.S.A.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Patil is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Patil is 1.90 au from the Sun and 2.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12511 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 FQ121 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.53 km (#9,665 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0870 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.73 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 2.73 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.187 |
| Inclination | 0.207° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.852 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Reshma
All asteroids named after someone called Reshma
Also discovered on 20 March 1998
- (8744) Cilla
- (8745) Delaney
- (8954) Baral
- (9126) Samcoulson
- (9243) Alag
- (9454) Ardeishar
- (11169) Alkon
- (11170) Bradenmilford
- (11173) Jayanderson
- (11174) Carandrews
- (11176) Batth
- (11685) Adamcurry
More named asteroids discovered by LINEAR
- (7904) Morrow
- (8744) Cilla
- (8745) Delaney
- (8954) Baral
- (9126) Samcoulson
- (9243) Alag
- (9454) Ardeishar
- (9458) Beaumont
- (9459) Gracecai
- (9461) Cotingkeh
- (9463) Criscione
- (9465) Fergusonsam
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