(12174) van het Reve Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 16 October 1977 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Karel van het Reve (1921-1999), professor of Slavic languages at Leiden University and a prolific writer, was considered to be one of the finest Dutch essayists with wide-ranging interests. The name was suggested by F. Israel.Naming citation (20100726/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where van het Reve is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: van het Reve is 2.55 au from the Sun and 2.48 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12174 |
| Provisional designation | 3164 T-3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.38 km (#9,916 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.266 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.85 |
| Orbital period | 4.39 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.68 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.109 |
| Inclination | 13.0° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.39 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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