(12360) Unilandes Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 September 1993 by O. A. Naranjo at Merida.
The Universidad de Los Andes, founded in Mérida in 1785, is one of the most important educational institutions in Venezuela.Naming citation (20040713/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Unilandes is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Unilandes is 3.30 au from the Sun and 3.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12360 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 SQ3 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.5 km (#4,844 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0850 |
| Rotation period | 11.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.6 |
| Orbital period | 5.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.60 – 3.82 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.189 |
| Inclination | 2.38° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.