(12943) Selmademink Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Selma de Mink (b. 1983) is a Dutch astronomer, specializing in the study of giant stars. Since 2021, she has been a scientific director at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching near Munich, Germany.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #17, 15), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Selmademink is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Selmademink is 2.61 au from the Sun and 3.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12943 |
| Provisional designation | 6670 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.70 km (#6,877 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0570 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 4.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 2.96 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.130 |
| Inclination | 3.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Selma
All asteroids named after someone called Selma
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
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- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites