(12599) Singhal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 September 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Akshat Singhal (b. 1985) is a finalist in the 2002 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his computer science project. He attends the St. Anselms Pink City Senior Secondary School, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.Naming citation (20020724/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Singhal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Singhal is 2.39 au from the Sun and 2.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12599 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 RT160 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.01 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.19 – 2.40 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0450 |
| Inclination | 6.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.21 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 9 September 1999
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- (12130) Mousa
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- (12590) Ballantine
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