(12697) Verhaeren Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 September 1989 by E. W. Elst at La Silla.
The Belgian poet Émile Verhaeren (1855-1916), although writing exclusively in French, took much inspiration from “Flanders Fields”, glorifying the greatness of its painters and enjoying the pleasures of its common people. Other important themes in his work are human progress, brotherhood of man and his love for his wife.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Verhaeren is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Verhaeren is 3.02 au from the Sun and 2.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12697 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 SK3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.7 km (#3,476 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0460 |
| Rotation period | 9.98 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.41 |
| Orbital period | 4.69 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 3.30 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.179 |
| Inclination | 7.64° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 26 September 1989
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- (5351) Diderot
- (5873) Archilochos
- (6240) Lucretius Carus
- (6777) Balakirev
- (6826) Lavoisier
- (7056) Kierkegaard
- (7647) Etrepigny
- (7934) Sinatra
- (8488) d'Argens
- (8649) Juglans
- (8834) Anacardium
More named asteroids discovered by E. W. Elst
- (3631) Sigyn
- (3784) Chopin
- (3870) Mayre
- (3903) Kliment Ohridski
- (3910) Liszt
- (3912) Troja
- (3918) Brel
- (4038) Kristina
- (4226) Damiaan
- (4342) Freud
- (4344) Buxtehude
- (4345) Rachmaninoff
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