(12179) Taufiq Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Indonesian astronomer Taufiq Hidayat (b. 1965), associate professor at the Institut Teknology Bandung, was director of Bosscha Observatory in Lembang during 2006-2009. Known for work on the solar system and extrasolar transits, he actively fights the adverse effects of urbanisation around the observatory.Naming citation (20101128/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Taufiq is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Taufiq is 2.56 au from the Sun and 1.70 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12179 |
| Provisional designation | 5030 T-3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.33 km (#9,999 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.272 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.64 |
| Orbital period | 5.46 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.48 – 3.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.201 |
| Inclination | 11.8° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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