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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | P. G. Comba |
| Discovery site | Prescott |
| Discovery date | March 8, 1997 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 12040 |
| Named after | Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi |
| Alternate name(s) | 1997 EK8 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.9170162 |
| Peri | 1.9228432 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2054136 |
| Orbital period | 1374.9995369 |
| Mean anomaly | 50.68792 |
| Inclination | 2.71020 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 354.15789 |
| Argument of peri | 93.07194 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.1 |
12040 Jacobi (1997 EK8) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 8, 1997 by P. G. Comba at Prescott.