12999 Toruń
12999 Toruń[1]| Discovery |
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| Discovered by |
Edward Bowell |
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| Discovery date |
August 30, 1981 |
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| Orbital characteristics |
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Epoch September 30, 2012 (JD 2456200.5) TDB |
| Perihelion |
1.8443981 AU |
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2.2736049 AU) |
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| Eccentricity |
0.1887781 |
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1252.1919882 d (3.43 a) |
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10.63714° |
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| Inclination |
5.76825° |
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152.38507° |
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211.12281° |
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| Physical characteristics |
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13.9 |
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Monument of (12999) Toruń in Toruń, Poland
12999 Torun (1981 QJ2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 30, 1981 by Edward Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory. It has an orbital period of 1252.3536421 days (3.43 years).[2]
The asteroid was renamed in 2008 after the city of Toruń, Poland. Toruń is the birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus, a very important place in Polish and European history (with the UNESCO World Heritage listed Old Town), and the main site of the Nicolaus Copernicus University (with its astronomy observatory at Piwnice, the largest in Poland).
References
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- (12998) 1981 EB43
- 12999 Toruń
- (13000) 1981 QK3
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