(12101) Trujillo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 May 1998 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Chadwick A. Trujillo (b. 1973), of the California Institute of Technology, specializes in the study of Kuiper belt objects. He has conducted KBO searches and studied their orbital distribution and population statistics.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #21, 5), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Trujillo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Trujillo is 3.12 au from the Sun and 2.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12101 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 JX2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.00 km (#7,640 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.157 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.71 |
| Orbital period | 5.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.99 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.71 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0918 |
| Inclination | 10.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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