(12937) Premadi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Premana W. Premadi (b. 1964) is an astronomer at the ITB Observatorium Bosscha (Indonesia), an authority on cosmology, and teacher of theoretical astrophysics. Since 2005, she has been a member of the Universe Awareness (UNAWE) International Team, and is the founder and chair of UNAWE Indonesia (2007-2013).Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-03-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Premadi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Premadi is 2.29 au from the Sun and 3.14 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12937 |
| Provisional designation | 3024 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.6 km (#4,779 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0690 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.56 |
| Orbital period | 4.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.179 |
| Inclination | 11.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.19 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
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- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites