(12514) Schommer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 April 1998 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.

Robert A. Schommer (1946-2001) was an astronomer at Cerro Tololo InterAmerican Observatory. He was head of the United States Gemini Program Office at the time of his death. His science ranged from stellar populations of nearby galaxies, to the “Supernova Cosmology Project” and the “high-z Supernova Search Team”.Naming citation (20021120/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Schommer is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Schommer is 2.69 au from the Sun and 3.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	12514
Provisional designation	1998 HM26
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	4.06 km (#12,582 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.186
Absolute magnitude (H)	14.9
Orbital period	4.06 years
Semi-major axis	2.55 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.12 – 2.97 au
Eccentricity	0.168
Inclination	5.31°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.11 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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