(12912) Streator Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 September 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Streator, Illinois, was the home town of Clyde W. Tombaugh (1906-1997), discoverer of Pluto.Naming citation (20030318/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Streator is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Streator is 3.25 au from the Sun and 2.35 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12912 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 SR60 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 4.14 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.35 |
| Orbital period | 5.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Inclination | 2.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 17 September 1998
- (10938) Lorenzalevy
- (11377) Nye
- (11378) Dauria
- (12909) Jaclifford
- (12910) Deliso
- (12911) Goodhue
- (13326) Ferri
- (13327) Reitsema
- (13328) Guetter
- (13332) Benkhoff
- (13333) Carsenty
- (13334) Tost