(12312) Vate Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 March 1992 by UESAC at La Silla.
Väte is a small parish on Gotland with a church from the thirteenth century. Here can also be found an old farm, Norrbys, reflecting agricultural life 70 years ago.Naming citation (20101128/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Vate is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Vate is 2.45 au from the Sun and 1.58 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12312 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 EM8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.41 km (#7,199 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0970 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.21 |
| Orbital period | 4.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.40 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 7.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.42 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 2 March 1992
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- (7770) Siljan
- (7771) Tvaren
- (8677) Charlier
- (8679) Tingstade
- (8680) Rone
- (8681) Burs
- (8682) Kraklingbo
- (8683) Sjolander
- (10104) Hoburgsgubben
- (10545) Kallunge
- (10796) Sollerman