(12120) Rebeccagrella Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 July 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rebecca Grella mentored a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Brentwood High School – Sonderling Center, Brentwood, New York.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #5, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rebeccagrella is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rebeccagrella is 2.18 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12120 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 NQ41 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.83 km (#15,600 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.319 |
| Rotation period | 47.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.1 |
| Orbital period | 3.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.14 – 2.19 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0127 |
| Inclination | 4.31° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.13 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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