(12327) Terbruggen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 September 1992 by Schmadel, L. D., Borngen, F. at Tautenburg.
Dietrich Terbrüggen (b. 1941) is a well-known German surgeon who served as a lecturer at the universities of Basle and Heidelberg. He coauthored a textbook and published many important papers on first-aid surgery.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Terbruggen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Terbruggen is 2.52 au from the Sun and 2.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12327 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 SX1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.96 km (#8,987 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0340 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.63 |
| Orbital period | 3.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.05 – 2.56 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.111 |
| Inclination | 1.22° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.06 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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