(12633) Warmenhoven Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 March 1971 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.

Adrie Warmenhoven (b. 1961) is a Dutch astronomy popularizer and educator. He is director of the 18th-century mechanical Eise Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker, The Netherlands.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-09-19), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Warmenhoven is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Warmenhoven is 2.14 au from the Sun and 2.96 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number12633
Provisional designation3119 T-1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.81 km (#10,989 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.0700
Absolute magnitude (H)15.36
Orbital period3.72 years
Semi-major axis2.40 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.14 – 2.66 au
Eccentricity0.110
Inclination1.55°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.15 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also discovered on 26 March 1971

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