(12545) Taniamurphy Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 August 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Tania Murphy mentored a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Lakeside High School, Atlanta, Georgia.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #5, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Taniamurphy is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Taniamurphy is 2.71 au from the Sun and 2.29 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12545 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 QT19 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.87 km (#10,866 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.225 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.09 |
| Orbital period | 4.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.81 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.67 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0500 |
| Inclination | 5.58° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.66 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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