(12820) Robinwilliams Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 11 May 1996 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Robin Williams (b. 1952) is an actor and a comedian whose television series Mork and Mindy launched his successful career in improvisational comedy and film. He starred in Good Morning Vietnam and Mrs. Doubtfire, as well as in Good Will Hunting, for which he won an Academy Award.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Robinwilliams is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Robinwilliams is 3.01 au from the Sun and 3.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12820 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 JN6 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.38 km (#8,405 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.273 |
| Rotation period | 10.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.12 |
| Orbital period | 5.01 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.08 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0517 |
| Inclination | 2.97° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.78 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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