(12877) Rylangardner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Rylan Lee Gardner (b. 2004) was a finalist in the 2019 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for his physics project. He attended the Franklin Junior High School, Mesa, Arizona.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #1, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Rylangardner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Rylangardner is 2.46 au from the Sun and 3.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12877 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QF11 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.85 km (#6,728 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.137 |
| Rotation period | 11.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.71 |
| Orbital period | 3.60 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.35 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.16 – 2.54 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0819 |
| Inclination | 12.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.18 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 17 August 1998
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