12002 Suess
12002 Suess, provisional designation 1996 FR1, is an Eoan asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, about 6 km (3.7 mi) in diameter. It was discovered by Czech astronomers Petr Pravec and Lenka Kotková (Šarounová) at Ondřejov Observatory on 19 March 1996. The asteroid was named after Austrian geologist Franz Eduard Suess, following a suggestion by Herbert Raab.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | P. Pravec L. Kotková (Šarounová) |
| Discovery site | Ondřejov Obs. |
| Discovery date | 19 March 1996 |
| Designations | |
| (12002) Suess | |
Named after | Franz Eduard Suess (Austrian geologist) |
| 1996 FR1 | |
| main-belt · (outer) Eos | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 34.49 yr (12,598 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.3477 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.6934 AU |
| 3.0205 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1083 |
| 5.25 yr (1,917 days) | |
| 270.14° | |
| 0° 11m 15.72s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.4290° |
| 216.62° | |
| 98.262° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 6.309±0.347 km |
| 0.177±0.032 | |
| 13.6 | |
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