(12177) Raharto Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Indonesian astronomer Moedji Raharto (b. 1954) is senior lecturer at the Institut Teknologi Bandung and was director of Bosscha Observatory in Lembang during 2000-2003. He is an authority on Galactic structure, based on the Hipparcos and IRAS-Point Source catalogues.Naming citation (20101128/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Raharto is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Raharto is 2.44 au from the Sun and 2.16 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12177 |
| Provisional designation | 4074 T-3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.86 km (#15,529 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.236 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.21 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 2.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0843 |
| Inclination | 3.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.20 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 16 October 1977
- (3798) de Jager
- (3936) Elst
- (4044) Erikhog
- (4108) Rakos
- (4722) Agelaos
- (4753) Phidias
- (4754) Panthoos
- (5610) Balster
- (5699) Munch
- (5700) Homerus
- (5984) Lysippus
- (6055) Brunelleschi
More named asteroids discovered by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.
- (1743) Schmidt
- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1778) Alfven
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1813) Imhotep
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