(12182) Storm Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 October 1973 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.
The writer Theodor Storm (1817-1888) was a local judge in his northern German hometown Husum. He wrote impressive poems and more than 50 novels. As a representative of “poetic realism”, he described the landscapes and the people of his north Frisian coastal district.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
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Where Storm is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Storm is 2.66 au from the Sun and 3.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12182 |
| Provisional designation | 1973 UQ5 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.52 km (#11,588 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0950 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.13 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 1.87° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.04 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Theodor
All asteroids named after someone called Theodor
Also discovered on 27 October 1973
- (2424) Tautenburg
- (3245) Jensch
- (3540) Protesilaos
- (3826) Handel
- (3941) Haydn
- (4850) Palestrina
- (5157) Hindemith
- (12659) Schlegel
- (18286) Kneipp
- (19914) Klagenfurt
- (39464) Poppelmann