(12447) Yatescup Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 December 1996 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
The Yates Cup is a trophy awarded in the autumn of every year to the winner of the Ontario Universities Athletics football championship. Founded by Henry Brydges Yates of McGill University and first presented in 1898, it is the oldest football trophy that has been contested continually.Naming citation (20020427/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yatescup is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yatescup is 1.82 au from the Sun and 2.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12447 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 XA12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.20 km (#14,714 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.361 |
| Rotation period | 40.8 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.38 |
| Orbital period | 3.18 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.16 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.71 – 2.62 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.209 |
| Inclination | 5.40° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.696 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (21311) Servius
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