(12900) Rishabjain Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rishab Kumar Jain (b. 2004) was a finalist in the 2019 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for his medicine and health sciences project. He attended the Stoller Middle School, Portland, Oregon.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #1, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rishabjain is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rishabjain is 3.11 au from the Sun and 2.17 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12900 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 RP28 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.19 |
| Orbital period | 5.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.66 – 3.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.152 |
| Inclination | 2.96° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.65 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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