12397 Peterbrown
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | Spacewatch |
| Discovery site | Kitt Peak |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1995 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 12397 |
| Alternative names | 1995 FV14 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.5099826 |
| Perihelion | 2.8347926 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1064167 |
| Orbital period | 2063.8484777 |
| Mean anomaly | 130.63477 |
| Inclination | 8.65114 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 35.55219 |
| Argument of perihelion | 136.40958 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.9 |
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12397 Peterbrown (1995 FV14) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 27, 1995 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak. It is named in honour of Dr. Peter Brown, a Canada Research Chair in meteor physics at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada.
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