(12418) Tongling Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 October 1995 by Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong.
Tongling, famous as a major copper producer since the Western Han Dynasty, is a city on the southern bank of the Changjiang river.Naming citation (20061109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tongling is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tongling is 3.30 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12418 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 UX2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.85 |
| Orbital period | 5.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.97 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.59 – 3.36 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.128 |
| Inclination | 11.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.