(12397) Peterbrown Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 March 1995 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Peter Gordon Brown (b. 1970) studied at the University of Alberta and the University of Western Ontario and was appointed to the faculty of the latter. His specialties are meteoroid streams, meteor analysis and meteorite recovery.Naming citation (20020128/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Peterbrown is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Peterbrown is 3.43 au from the Sun and 2.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12397 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 FV14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.8 |
| Orbital period | 5.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.81 – 3.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Inclination | 8.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.82 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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