(11912) Piedade Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 July 1992 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Serra de Piedade in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, east of the capital of Belo Horizonte, is the location of the Piedade Observatory. During the 1970s the discoverer spent many hours there observing variable stars.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Piedade is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Piedade is 2.22 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11912 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 OP5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.07 km (#12,569 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.223 |
| Rotation period | 10.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.53 |
| Orbital period | 3.52 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.138 |
| Inclination | 3.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.980 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 30 July 1992
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- (3631) Sigyn
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- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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