(12719) Pingre Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 June 1991 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
Alexandre-Guy Pingré (1711-1796), a French astronomer, was sent by the king to the isle of Rodrigue in the Indian Ocean to observe the transit of Venus in 1761. Pingré is particularly known from his two-volume Traité historique et théorique des comètes (1783-1784).Naming citation (20041126/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pingre is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pingre is 1.99 au from the Sun and 1.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12719 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 LP2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.69 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Inclination | 1.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.937 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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