(12780) Salamony Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 February 1995 by D. di Cicco at Sudbury.
As creative director for Sky Publishing for 10 years, Sandra Noel Salamony (b. 1962) guided the overall look of publications such as Sky & Telescope, Night Sky and Beautiful Universe. Her talents and enthusiasm for the subject have helped bring the science and hobby of astronomy to the general public.Naming citation (20070106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Salamony is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Salamony is 3.38 au from the Sun and 2.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12780 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 CE1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.55 km (#5,386 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0530 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.19 |
| Orbital period | 5.59 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.15 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.78 – 3.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.117 |
| Inclination | 5.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.80 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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